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RECORD 


TWENTY-FIFTH  ANNIVERSARY 


SOUTH    PARK 


Presbyterian  Church 

NEWARK.    N.  J.. 


October  27th  to  the  30th,  1878. 


NKWAIIK.    N.    .r 

AMZI    FIEKSUX    &    CO.,   STATIONEUH    AMI    PKIN'IEUS. 

18S  MAIIKET   STREET. 

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INTRODUCTION, 


The  subject  of  the  approaching  twenty-fifth  anniversary 
of  the  Soutli  Park  Presbyterian  Church  was  brought  to  the 
notice  of  tlie  Session  at  a  meeting  held  Sept.  27th,  1878. 
It  was  fully  discussed,  and  the  propriety  and  utility  of  a 
suitable  observance  of  tlie  important  and  remarkable  event 
was  unanimously  approved. 

Such  a  celebration  seemed  the  more  desirable,  inasmuch 
as  the  General  Assemlily  of  1875,  with  a  view  to  preserve 
the  liistorical  records  of  its  individual  churches,  recommended 
that  the  approaching  centenary  of  our  national  life  should 
be  noticed  by  each  pastor,  on  the  first  Sunday  of  Juh',  1876, 
preaching  a  conniiemorative  discourse,  giving  the  particular 
history  of  his  own  church,  and  sending  a  copy  to  the  Pres- 
byterian Historical  Society  in  Philadelphia  for  preservation. 
It  seemed  preferable  to  tke  pastor  that  such  a  history  of 
South  Park  Clnu'ch  should  be  deferred  until  the  quarter- 
century  of  its  life  sliould  be  finished,  and  then  a  more  com- 
plete record  could  be  sent  to  the  Historical  Society  for 
preservation. 


i  INTRODUCTION. 

It  was  decided,  at  the  meeting  above  mentioned,  that  a 
conference  of  the  Session  and  Trustees  should  be  lield  on 
the  following  Monday  evening  to  arrange  some  suitable 
method  of  observance,  and  that  a  meeting  of  the  whole  con- 
gregation should  V)e  called  on  the  Tuesday  evening  following 
to  hear  and  act  upon  an}^  plan  that  might  be  agreed  upon  by 
the  Session  and  Trustees,  and  be  submitted  for  their  approval. 

Both  these  meetings  took  place,  and  the  resolution  of 
the  Session  as  to  the  propriety  of  the  observance  was  heartily 
and  with  great  unanimity  apjiroved,  and  the  necessary 
measures  were  at  once  with  great  zeal  adopted  to  make  the 
celebration  in  every  respect  a  memorable  one,  and  worthy 
of  the  occasion. 

A  large  and  efficient  Executive  Committee  was  inniiedi- 
ately  selected,  consisting  of  members  of  the  Session  and 
Board  of  Trustees,  and  representatives  of  the  Sunday  Schools 
and  of  the  different  departments  of  church  work. 

The  following  are  the  names  of  the  members  of  the 
Executive  Committee :  The  Pastor,  Chairman ;  Ira  M. 
Harrison,  F.  N.  Torrey,  of  the  Session  ;  Silas  C.  Halsey  and 
Isaac  N.  Doty,  of  the  Boai-d  of  Trustees ;  David  C. 
Dodd,  Jr.,  and  F.  Wolcott  Jackson,  of  the  Church  Sunday 
School;  Jolm  Y.  Foster  and  Thomas  Darlington,  of  the 
Mission  School ;  Mrs.  J.  P.  Wilson  and  Mrs.  Wm.  Platner, 
of  the  "  Woman's  Work  for  Woman  Foreign  Missionary 
Society  ;"  and  Mrs.  Ira  M.  Harrison  and  Miss  Emma  Y. 
Miller,  of  the  "  Ladies'  Association." 

The  Executive  Coumiittee  met  on  Saturday  evening,  Oct. 
5th,  and  appointed  sub-committees  to  carry  out  tlie  details 
of  the  work. 


INTRODUCTION.  O 

A  Historical  Connuittee  was  appointed,  with  power  to 
select  and  reconnnend  a  suitable  j^erson  to  prepare  a  full 
and  authentic  history  of  South  Pai"k  Churcli,  to  be  read  at 
the  celebration.  The  committee  soon  reported  the  name  of 
John  P.  Jackson,  whose  consent  being  obtained,  the  selec- 
tion was  unanimously  approved. 

The  following  committees  were  also  at  the  same  time 
appointed : 

A  Finance  Connuittee,  consisting  of  ten  members — Isaac 
N.  Doty,  F.  Wolcott  Jackson,  Silas  C.  Halsey,  John  Brisbin, 
Charles  E.  Young,  Aaron  M.  King,  James  E.  Harrison, 
George  B.  Swain,  George  W.  Howell,  Elihu  B.  Baker. 

Committee  on  Invitation  and  Reception,  consisting  of 
seven  members — A.  Lemassena,  Jr.,  H.  N.  Parkhurst,  Schuy- 
ler B.  Jackson,  M.  D.Wilbur,  Dr.  L-a  C.  Whitehead,  Mrs.  F. 
Wolcott  Jackson,  and  Mrs.  Charles  E.  Williams. 

Committee  on  Music,  seven  members — B.  C.  Gregory, 
leader  of  the  church  choir ;  Silas  C.  Halsey,  W.  Clinton  King, 
W.  A.  Thompson,  F.  N.  Torrey,  B.  F.  M.  Olds,  T.  S.  Willcox. 

Committee  on  Entertainment  of  Invited  Guests,  seven 
members — Daniel  Halsey,  Isaac  N.  Doty,  E.  L.  Hamilton, 
William  Morehouse,  Mrs.  John  Y.  Foster,  Mrs.  R.  N.  Den- 
man,  Mrs.  David  A.  Hall. 

Decoration  Committee,  fifteen  members — Robert  Ryer- 
son,  A.  T.  Looker,  Sauuiel  R.  Beardsley,  Wm.  Underwood, 
Raymond  Foster,  Walter  Johnson,  William  Tuttle,  Heber 
Hughes,  Mrs.  William  Inslee,  Mrs.  Vincent  Wright,  Miss 
Mary  Johnson,  Miss  Lizzie  Parkhurst,  Miss  DeCamp,  Miss 
Streit,  Miss  E.  Ryerson. 

Sunday  School  Committee,  eight  members — A.  Parkhurst, 
W.  Platner,  George  W.  Howell,  F.  C.  Willcox,  Mrs.  George 


b  INTRODUCTION. 

Ward,   Mis-s  Fnderwood,  Miss  Mary  Connett,  Miss  Eliza 
Jolmson. 

Committee  on  Social  ile,  fifteen  members — Mrs.  D.  C. 
Dodd,  Jr.,  Mrs.  Silas  C.  Halsey,  Mrs.  L.  P.  Brown,  Mrs.  J. 
P.  Jackson,  Mrs.  A.  Lemassena,  Jr.,  Mi-s.  D.  A.  Hall,  Mrs. 

D.  O.  Scott,  Mrs.  T.  S.  Willcox,  Mrs.  J.  F.  Bless,  Mrs.  C. 

E.  Young,  Mrs.  Heniy  Yonng,  Mrs.  J.  B.  Bartram,  Mrs.  N. 
Perry,  Jr.,  Mrs.  Lemuel  Tliomas,  Miss  E.  U.  Camptield. 

These  committees  wei'e  empowered  to  add  to  tlieii-  mim- 
bers  if  necessary,  especially  the  committees  on  decoration 
and  on  the  sociable. 

Messrs.  Isaac  N.  Doty,  John  Y.  Foster  and  F.  N.  Torrey 
were  appointed  a  Committee  on  Pj-inting,  and  Messrs.  Silas 
C.  Halsey  and  D.  C.  Dodd,  Jr.,  a  Committee  on  Badges. 

The  following  programme  was  carefully  considered  and 
approved,  and  unanimously  adopted.  It  was  beautifully 
printed  on  blue-tinted  paper,  with  a  richly-gilded,  highly- 
ornamented  bordei',  having  a  cut  of  the  church  on  the  first 
page : 


TWENTY-FIFTH    ANNIVERSARY 


SOUTH  ?J[\K  P[[ESBYTE[|IAN  CHU1]^CH, 

ORDER    OF     EXERCISES. 

SUNDAY,   OCTOBER  27th,  1878. 

MORNING    SERVICE,    AT    HALF-PAST    TEN    o'cLOCK. 


Mxmc  by  Choir  of  South  Pai'k  Church.     -     Leader,  Mr.  B.  C.  Gregory. 


1.  Anthem— "We  praise  Thee,  O  Ood." 

2.  Invocation. 

3.  Reading  of  the  Scriptnres. 
4-.  Anniversary  Hymn. 

[Written  for  the  occasion  by  Miss  S.  P.  GILL.] 

Re'Gelation^  Chapter  XIX :  verses  1,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9. 

"Salvation,  and  glory,  and  honor,  and  power," 
Ascribe  to  our  *jud.  in  this  testiviil  hour. 
Oh  praise  Hiiu,  ye  people,  with  heart  and  with  voice. 
His  (Jhurch  is  His  Bride ;— theu  "  be  glad  and  rejoice." 

"To  him  who  hath  loved  us!"— shont  forth  the  refrain. 
Full,  loud  as  the  rush  of  tlie  thunderine  main  ■ 
"  The  Lord,  God,  Omnipotent  1 "  praise  Hiiu  and  bless, 
Who  clothes  us  in  robes  ot  bis  own  righteousness. 

For  faithfulness  past,  and  for  grace  of  to-day, 
We  praise  Thee,  we  bless  Thee;  and  humbly  we  pray 
"The  King  in  his  beauty"  to  us  would  draw  near, 
That  pure  "in  his  likeness"  his  Bride  may  appear. 

Love,  honor  and  service  we  pledge  Thee,  dear  Lnrd, 
We  cling  to  Thy  hand,  and  we  leed  on  Thy  word, 
Oh!   "Chief  of  ten  thousands,"— to  Thee  shall  be  given 
Hosannas  unceasing  on  Earth,  and  in  Heaven. 

0.  Prayer. 

6.  Singing — ''  Arise,  O  King  of  Grace,  arise." 

7.  Anniversary  Sermon — By  the  Pastor. 

8.  Collection, 

9.  Anthem — "Come,  let  us  sing  unto  the  Lord.*' 

— Z.  0,  Emevfio}}, 


O  PROGRAMME. 

AFTERNOON  SERVICE,  AT  HALF-PAST  TWO  o'cLOCK. 

TWENTY-FIFTH   ANNIVERSARY 

OF 

Sunday  Schools  of  South  Park  Presbyterian  Church. 

Presiding  Officer,     -        -    DA  VID  O.  DODD,  Jr. 

Addresses  by  Kev.  D.  W.  Poor,  D.D.,  of  Pbiladelpliia, 
and  others. 

[SBB  SPEOIAL  PBOOEAMME.] 


ANJSIVERSARY 


INSTALLATION    OF    PASTOR, 

EVENING  SERVICE,  AT  HALF-PAST  SEVEN  o'cLOCK. 

i.  Anthem — "■  How  lovely  are  the  Messengers.  "    -    Mendelssohn, 

2.  Prayer. 

3.  Reading  Scriptiii-es. 

4.  Anniversary  Hymn. 

[Written  for  the  occasion,  by  Rev.  T   HEMPSTEAD.] 

Not  the  majestic  hills  alone,  We  thank  Thee,  who  thro'  changing  years 

Nor  glittering  worlds  are  made  Thy  Throne.  Hast  quelled  our  doubts  and  dried  our  tears, 

But  Thou     dost  come,  O  Lord  as  well  And  whose  large  love  has  kept  us  free, 

With  all  thy  cnntrile  ones  to  dwell.  Unwatched  by  foes,  to  worship  Thee ; 

On  every  island,  ocean— walled.  That  love  for  us  still  warms  and  thrilla. 

In  every  climate  are  they  called.  Some  hearts  that  walk  the  Heavenly  hiJls, 

To  whom  Thou  dost  in  love  reveal  And  he  is  left,  who  day  by  day, 

"What  only  those  who  love  can  feel.  Has  led  us  in  the  onward  way. 

"We  give  Thee  thanks  for  rich  supply,  Still  pointing  upward  to  the  Son, 

For  friends  below,  and  homes  on  high.  Still  pointing  to  the  Bleeding  One. 

All  common  cares  and  hopes  that  bind  Still  saying  "From  that  empty  tomb, 

In  sweetest  union,  mind  to  mind.  Spring  endless  life  and  deathless  bloom." 

.     .  , ,  (Rev.  J.   F.  Stearns,  D.D. 

5.  Addresses.      -         -         -        <-n       -nr        ...  ^%\ 

(Kev.   Wui.  Aikiuan,  \j.\j. 

6.  Solo  and  Chorus — ''  Sow  ye  beside  all  waters." 

7    Addresses  -  P*^^"  ^-  Few-Snnth,   D.D., 

i.  Addiesses.  i^^^^    jj_  ^   Brinsmade,  D.D. 

8.  Singing — "  Glorious  things  of  Thee  are  spoken." 

9.  Collection. 

10.  Anthem — "  Oh .'  be  joyful  in  the  Lord."     -    W.  F.  Shenoin. 

11.  Doxology  and  Benediction. 


PBOUKAMME. 

MONDAY  EVENING,  OCT.  28th, 

AT  HALF-PAST  SEVBN  o'cLOCK. 

HISTORICAL    EXERCISES. 


Premding  Officer,  IRA  M.  HARRiaON. 


1.  Duet  and  Chorus—"  By  Tliee  with  bliss."  -     -     Ilaydn. 

2.  Praver  -         -         -  Rev.  Rubert  B.  Campfield. 

3.  History  of  the  Church,         -         -  John  P.  Jackson. 

4.  Singino; — "  Zion  stands,"  &c. 

5.  Addresses. 

6.  Anthem—"  Et  Resurrexit."         -       '  -         -  Mozart. 

7.  Addresses. 

8.  Sino-ing — "I  love  Thy  kingdom,  Lord." 


TUESDAY  EVENING,  OCT.  29th. 
SILVER    WEDDING    SOCIABLE, 

RECEPTION    IN  THE  CHURCH  FROM  HALF  PAST  SIX  TO  EIGHT  O'CLOCK. 

To  be  concluded  by  an  address  by  the  Pastor,  after  which 
an  entertainment  will  be  given  in  the  rear  rooms  of  the 
church.  All  present,  and  former  members  of  the  Church 
and  congregation,  are  invited  to  be  present. 


WEDNESDAY  EVENING,  OCT.  30th. 

SILVER    WEDDING    ENTERTAINMENT 

Of  the  Sunday  Schools  of  the  Church,  from  5  to  9  o'clock. 

Ice  Cream  and  Refreshments. 


10  AXNINERSARY    SUNDAY. 

This  programme  was  faitlifuUy  adhered  to,  and  carried 
out  to  the  letter.  Tlie  attendance  was  very  large  at  all  tlie 
meetings  throiighout  the  entire  celel)ration,  and  the  effect 
on  tlie  minds  and  hearts  of  tlie  people  was  all  that  <-iiuId  be 
desired.  The  cliurcli  was  compac^ted  and  drawn  together  in 
bonds  of  Cln-istian  affection,  and  greatly  lienetitted  in  every 
way,  and  God  was  ghn-iticd.  It  was  a  time  long  to  be 
remembered  after  tliey  who  particijjated  sliall  have  passed 
away,  and  tlieii'  ])lai-es  lie  tilled  by  others. 


ANNIVERSARY  SUNDAY, 

The  tirst  commemorative  service  was  held  on  Sunday 
morning,  October  27th,  1878.  The  day  was  beautiful  and 
bright.  The  audience  was  very  large,  and  represented  the 
strength  and  vigor  of  the  congregation.  There  were  seen 
also  many  from  the  oldei'  Presbyterian  CUnu'ches  of  the  city, 
who,  liy  their  presence  and  their  attention  to  the  services 
throughout,  manifested  their  own  personal  interest  and  their 
continued  attai-lnnent  to  the  religion  of  tlieir  fathers. 

The  following  account  of  the  services  is  copied  from  the 
NeuKirk  Daily  A'hvrtiirr,  and  gives  a  correct  and  suffi- 
ciently full  re(-ord  of  the  events  of  the  day  : 

QUARTO-CENTENNIAL. 

THE    TWENTY-FIFTH    ANNIVEESAEY"    OF    SOUTH    PARK    PKE8BYTE- 

BIAN    CHUECH THEEE    SERVICES    Y'ESTEEDAY ADDRESSES 

BY    PEOMINENT    MINISTERS. 

The  silver  wedding,  or  twenty-liftii  annivei'sary,  of  the 
Soutli  Park  Presbyterian  Clmrch,  began  with  special  services 
yesterday,  and  will  continue  this  and  to-morrow  evenings. 
Yesterday  morning  Rev.  Dr.  Wilson,  the  pastor  of  tlie  church 


EXTRACTS  FROM  THE  I'RKSS.  1 1 

for  tlie  entire  period,  preached  the  anniversary  sermon ;  in 
the  afternoon  the  Sunday  School  anniversary  was  held  and 
a  Tuimber  of  speeclies  were  made,  and  in  the  evening  the 
installation  of  JJr.  Wilson  was  commemorated  with  addresses 
liy  Rev.  i)rs.  Stearns,  Aikman,  Few-Smith  and  Ih-insmade. 
Large  aiidieiK^es  were  present  at  each  serviee. 

THE    DECORATIONS. 

The  decorations  were  composed  chiefly  of  evergreens, 
potted  palms  and  fragrant  flowers  which  were  tastefully  and 
artistically  arranged,  the  most  imposing  object  on  entering 
being  a  coUossal  arch,  which  spanned  tiie  entire  space  over 
the  pulpit,  and  displaying  in  silver  letters,  u])on  a  l^hie  ground, 
framed  ui  flowers,  the  following  legend  : 

"  1853— Rejoicing  in  Hope— 1878." 

It  was  supported  by  eolunms  hidden  by  rare  grasses  and 
ferns,  amid  the  loose  texture  of  which  exotic  flowers  were 
strewn,  apparently  at  random,  liut  pi'oducing  a  brilliant  effect 
and  forming  a  gorgeous  piece  of  floral  architecture.  Over 
the  preacher's  desk  tlje  blank  wall  displayed  an  emlilematic 
anchor  of  similar  texture,  and  the  gas-light  standards  at  the 
ends  of  the  desk  were  gracefully  trinmied  with  delicate  vines 
mingletl  with  roses.  At  the  head  of  the  centre  aisle  and 
almost  hiding  the  pulpit,  were  other  designs,  the  most  con- 
spicuous being  surmounted  by  a  tall  spreading  palm  tree 
which  gave  a  tropical  effect  to  the  scene.  Tiie  galleries 
were  heavily  festooned  witli  wreaths  and  clusters  of  palms , 
ivies  and  other  ornamental  shrubs  were  placed  in  the  spaces 
between  the  columns  above,  altogether  displaying  a  pro- 
fusion of  material  and  tasteful  ai'rangemcnt  tliat  surpassed 
any  previous  etfort  in  church  decoration  in  tiiis  \icinity,  lint 
it  was  chiefly  remarkable  for  t!ie  evidence  it  gave  of  the  pro 
gress  of  aesthetic  influences  among  Christian  ladies  who  liave 
formerly  avoided  them. 

THE  MORNING  SERVICE. 

The  large  accommodations  of  the  church  were  fully  oc- 
cupied at  the  morning  service  by  a  congregation  which 
included  nearly  all  of  the  rcgulai'  attendants  and  many  of 
those  wlio  have  been  connected  with  tiie  church  in  some  of 
the  twenty-tive  years  of  its  existence,  several  coming  from  a 
distance  to  join  in  the  celebration.  In  tlie  pulpit  were  the 
pastor,  the  Rev.  James  P.Wilson,  D.D.,  Rev.  Dr.  Samuel 
H.  Hall,  and  Rev.  William  Aikman. 


12  EXTRACTS   FROM  THE  PRESS. 

The  services  opened  with  an  anthem  hy  the  lai-ge  chorus 
choir  of  tlie  church,  led  by  B.  C.  Gregory,  "We  Praise  Thee, 
O  God."  An  invocation  was  then  pronounced  by  Dr.  Wil- 
son, and  the  reading  of  the  Scriptures  followed  by  Rev.  Dr. 
Hall.  An  original  anniversary  liynm  was  tlien  sung,  com- 
mencing : 

"  Salvation,  and  glory,  and  honor,  and  power. 
Ascribe  to  our  God  in  this  festival  hour." 

It  was  followed  by  prayer  by  Rev.  Dr.  Aiknian,  and  the 
singini;  of  "Arise,  O  King  of  Grace,  Arise." 

The  reverend  pastor  then  preached  the  anniversary  sermon. 
He  chose  as  his  text,  I.  Kings,  viii  chapter,  .57th  and  58th 
verses :  "  Tlie  Lord  our  God  be  with  us,  as  He  was  witli  our 
fathers;  let  Him  not  leave  us,  nor  forsake  ns;  that  He  may 
incline  our  hearts  unto  Him,  to  walk  in  all  His  ways,  and  to 
keep  His  commandments  and  His  statutes  and  His  judgments, 
which  He  commanded  our  fathers." 


SUNDAY,  OCTOBER  27th— Afternoon  Service. 

THE     TWENTY-FIFTH     ANNIVERSARY     OF     THE 

S 
SUNDAY    SCHOOLS. 

Tlie  following  account  (if  the  exercises  is  believed  to  be 
in  all  points  correct,  and  is  also  from  the  Newark  Daily 
A  (Ivertiser. 

THE  SUNDAY  SCHOOL  ANNIVERSARY. 

There  was  an  equally  large  attendance  at  the  exercises  of 
the  Sunday  School  Anniversary,  which  began  at  2:30  o'clock. 
Rev.  Drs.  Wilson  and  Stearns  were  in  the  pulpit,  and  on  the 
platform  were  the  presiding  officer,  Mr.  David  C.  Dodd,  Jr., 
and  leading,  past  and  present  membei-s  of  the  Sunday  School. 
The  hymn,  "  Coming,  Gladly  Coming,"  opened  the  exercises, 
followed  by  reading  of  the  Scriptures,  prayer  and  reading  of 
the  Commandments  with  responses  from  the  Sunday  School. 
Mr.  Dodd  read  an  original  poem,  dedicated  to  the  pastor, 


KXTEACTS  FROit  THE  PRESS.  l'-^ 

after  wliich  the  qnarter-feiitnrv  repurt  of  the  Sunday  Sclionl 
was  read  by  Mr.  Frank  C.  Willcox.  It  reviewed  tlie  history 
of  the  Sunday  School  at  length,  detailing  the  work  of  each 
year  from  its  foundation  as  a  mission  school  at  the  Cliestnut 
street  depot,  in  1851,  by  tlie  late  John  P.  Jackson.  As  it 
increased  the  mission  l)uilding  in  Mull)crry  street  was  ei'ccted. 
When  the  churcli  was  formed  tlie  Sunday  School  of  the 
#chm'c]i  and  the  Mission  Scliool  became  se])arate.  The  sei'- 
vices  of  Mrs.  Dr.  Wilson,  the  late  John  P.  Jackson,  Gen. 
Joseph  C.  Jackson,  A.  I.  Gillett,  Miss  Mary  Gill,  Jos.  D. 
Doty,  Robert  B.  Camptiekl  and  otliers  were  ;illude<l  to  in  feel- 
ing terms.  Mr.  David  C.  Dodd  is  the  present  Superintendent 
of  the  Sunday  School,  and  John  Y.  Foster  of  the  Mission 
School.  There  are  517  scholars  in  both  schools  at  present, 
of  which  300  are  in  the  Mission  School  and  the  remainder 
in  the  church. 

Rev.  Dr.  D.  W.  Poor,  formerly  of  tliis  city,  and  now  of 
Philadelphia,  then  made  an  interesting  address.  He  said 
the  formation  of  the  churc^h  was  due  to  the  demands  for  moi-e 
religious  accommodations.  A  traveler  in  Scotland,  observing 
many  churches  in  a  town,  had  asked  iiis  driver  if  it  was  not 
a  verj'  religious  connnunity.  "  Na,  Na,"  replied  the  Jehu, 
"it's  sheer  cussedness."  He  meant  that  the  number  of 
churches  was  owing  to  dissension.  That  was  not  tlie  case 
with  this  church,  or  with  any  of  tlie  Presbyterian  clmrclies 
of  Newark.  He  then  addressed  the  Simday  Scln)ol,  taking 
as  his  text,  the  palm  tree,  describing  its  usefulness  and  urging 
the  scholars  to  take  it  as  their  type  of  life.  Mr.  Jos.  D. 
Doty,  a  former  mission  school  superintendent,  followed  in 
an  addi'ess  of  considerable  lengtli  on  the  school  and  its  work, 
speaking  es])ecially  of  the  labors  of  the  teachers.  Mr.  Dar- 
lington then  read  an  addi-ess  of  the  Mission  School  to  Dr. 
Wilson,  which  alluded  toucliingly  to  his  services  and  the  cour- 
age that  the  teacliers  had  so  often  gained  from  him.  Mr.  F.  N. 
Torrey  made  a  brief  address,  after  wliich  Gen.  Josepli  C 
Jackson  spoke  to  the  school.  He  had  formerly  been  a  super 
intendent,  and  lie  said  it  was  very  gratifying  to  him  that  lie 
was  enabled  to  feel  tliat  he  could  return  to  the  field  of  his 
labors  without  doubt  and  knowing  that  lie  liad  not  changed. 
In  fact,  lie  found  tliat  his  theology  had  not  changed  in 
tlie  twenty-tive  years  of  the  existence  of  tlie  church.  He 
recalled  the  oft  repeated  remark  of  the  late  Mr.  Magie  on 


14  EXTKACTS  FROM  THE  PRESS. 

"  the  exceediiiir  sinfulness  of  sin  "  years  ago,  and  said  he  had 
heard  within  the  past  month  two  sermons  pi-eat-hed  on  that 
very  subject.  Gen.  Jackson  aUuded  to  H.  B.  Smith  and 
Thornton  Mills  and  otlier  chnrcli  workers,  and  to  Albert 
Barnes,  who  had  once  preached  here,  speaking  of  the  good 
they  had  done.  Rev.  Kobert  B.  Campfield  made  a  few  re- 
marks, after  which  the  exercises  (uime  to  a  close.  Several 
liynms  were  sung  in  a  beautiful  manner  by  the  children  and 
choir,  and  Rev.  Dr.  Stearns  delivered  the  benediction. 


WRITTEN  FOR  THE  TWRNTYFIKTU  ANNIVKRSARY  OK  THR 


SOUTH    PARK  PRESBYTERIAN   CHURCH, 


I. 

FATHER  ALMIGHTY,  eternal  in  Glory. 
Humble  and  thankful,  we  meet  to  adore  Thee. 
Up  from  these  courts.  Thou  hast  owned  as  thy  dwelliug. 
Wave  after  wave  of  glad  praises  are  swelling-. 
Here  like  a  lakelet,  embosomed  in  mountains, 
Fanned  by  the  breezes,  and  fed  by  the  fountains — 
Rordered  by  verdure,  eneircled  by  might — 
Peaceful  and  pare,  drinking  in  Heaven's  light. 
Ever  up-gazing,  and  catching  each  hue 
Roseate,  or  shadowed,  or  deepening  blue : 
Thus  would  we.  Holy  One,  low  lie  before  Thee, 
Catching  each  phase  of  Thine  infinite  glory. 

II. 

FATHER  ALMIGHTY,  eternal  in  glory, 
Lo!  as  a  landscape,  our  Past  spreads  before  Thee, 
All  UDderlying,  like  permanent  rock 
Rests  the  firm  love  between  pastor  and  tlock. 
Radiant  the  plains  where  the  dews  of  grace  fell. 
Precious  the  harvests  there  garnered  so  well ; 
Noble  and  stately  the  trees  of  the  Lord, 
Rooted  and  grounded  and  strong  in  His  Word: 
Silent  and  shadowed  the  Valley  of  Tears- 
Tears  for  the  loved  and  the  lost  of  the  years: 
Yet,  even  there,  floweth  Life's  mighty  river, 
Binding  the  parted  ones  ever  together. 

III. 

FATHER  ALMIGHTY,  eternal  in  glory. 

Pleading  for  pardon,  we  bow  low  before  Tlicc  : 

Pleading  for  comfort,  for  counsel,  for  light: 

Power  to  press  forward,  uufiiltering  in  tight. 

Foes  to  encounter,  and  burdens  to  bear, 

Jesus  our  Leader.  His  triumphs  to  share: 

Clad  in  His  Armor,  undaunted  to  stand. 

Ready  to  do  and  to  dare  at  command : 

Love  our  broad  banner,  and  Heaven  our  goal. 

Seeking  and  rescuing  soul  after  soul. 

Soon  Shalt  Thou  gather  thy  faithful  ones  home. 

Come  in  Thy  Kingdom,  Lord  1     Come,  quickly  come. 

hake  George,  October,  1878. 


The  Church  in 

its  Present 
attitude  before 

God. 
Psalm  cxxv,  2. 
.Tohn  iv,  14. 
Nu.  xxiv.  5,  <j. 

.Tnhn  xiv,  27.       { 
1st  .John  iii,  3  S 

Col.  iii,  2,  10 
Ist  Cor.  XV,  49. 
2d  Cor.  iii,  18. 
Psalm  xvii,  15. 


Reviewing 
the 
Pant. 
John  X,  2-4. 
Hosea  xiv,  .5. 
Matt,  xiii,  8. 
Jer.  xvii,  7,  8 
1st  John  ii,  14. 
Zeeh.  i,  5. 

1st  Thes.  iv,  l;j.  H, 

Psalm  1 
xlvi  4.   ) 


Seeking 
strength  for 
the  Fiitiire. 

Phil.  iii.  l:l.  14.  j 
Ist  Tim.  vi,  12.  ( 

Gal.  vi,  2. 
Rev.  vi,  2. 
Ephes.vi,  10-18 
Malt.  xvi.  24.  2.i 
Sons  of  S,  ii,  4 

Luke  six,  10.  i 
Mark  xvi,  In.  S 

Rev.  vii,  9-17. 
Rev.  xxii,  12,20 

S  r.  G. 


DR.  WILSON'S  SEKMOX. 


I.  Kings  VIII:  57-58— v.  57— "The  Lord  our  God  lie 
witli  us,  as  He  was  with  our  fatliers :  let  Him  not  leave  ns 
nor  forsake  lis  ; 

V.  58 — "  That  Ho  may  incline  our  hearts  unto  Him,  to 
walk  in  all  His  wa3's,  and  to  keep  His  commandments,  and 
His  statutes  and  His  judgments  which  He  commanded  our 
fathers." 

The  novel  and  entirely  unusual  and  unwonted  aspect  of 
this  house  of  our  worship  to-day  lietokens  something  remark- 
able in  our  history.  These  elaborate  and  tasteful  decorations 
are  the  outward  expression  of  some  deep  and  conunon  feel- 
ing in  the  minds  and  liearts  of  this  people,  a  feeling  that 
demands  a  public  manifestation,  and  cannot  be  satisfied 
without  it.  Nature  must  record,  as  well  as  give  utterance  to 
its  abounding  gratitude  or  its  deepest  woe,  and  twelve  rude 
stones  were  set  up  to  mark  the  spot  where  Joshua  crossed 
the  ford. 

And  so  men  in  all  ages  and  everywhere  have  demanded 
and  established  tokens  of  recollection  wherever  any  deep 
emotions  have  e.xpended  themselves,  and  they  do  well  in  this. 

And  it  is  a  feeling  akin  to  this  that  has  filled  this  house 
with  an  earnest,  ex])ectant  assembly,  and  wreathed  these 
colunms  with  green,  and  scattered  the  beautiful  flowers  in 
sucli  lavish  profusion  around  this  pulpit  and  through  this 
sacred  place. 

We  seem  to-day  to  take  hold  of  a  chain  that  draws  us 
back  to  the  time  of  the  venerable  patriarch,  who,  an  exile  in 
early  youth  from  the  paternal  home  (the  victim  of  a  mother's 
guilty  partiality),  on  awaking  from  slumber  in  the  open 
field,  took  tlie  stone  that  had  been'  his   pillow,  and  set  it  up 


18  DR.    M'lLSON'S    SEEMON. 

as  a  pillar,  and  poured  oil  on  the  top  of  it,  and  said  :  "  This 
stone  which  I  have  set  for  a  pillar  shall  be  God's  house.'' 
There  was  no  house.  The  place  was  the  open  air,  under  the 
canop_y  of  the  stars ;  Init  he  had  seen  the  Lord  God,  and 
the  place  was  thenceforth  sacred.  In  the  intensity  of  his 
emotion  every  thing  else  passed  out  of  view  for  the  moment. 
It  was  indeed  the  House  of  God,  for  in  that  place  he  had 
seen  the  visible  presence  of  the  Infinite  One,  attended  by  a 
glorious  retinue  of  angels.  And  so  we  here,  in  this  place, 
have  seen  God  present  in  bright  and  most  signal  manifesta- 
tions, and  it  is  a  sacred  spot  to  us ;  and  we  come  here  to-day 
to  manifest  our  gratitude  and  record  our  testimony  to  the 
faithfulness  and  goodness  of  our  God  in  covenant. 

From  this  point  I  look  back  twenty-five  years,  and  mem- 
ory calls  up  the  time  when  I  first  saw  and  remained  over- 
night in  this  beautiful  city,  a  guest  (with  my  companion, 
who  came  for  the  simple  pleasure  and  variety  of  the  visit,) 
in  the  hospitable  mansion  of  that  distinguished  and  much- 
beloved  man,  Hon.  Asa  Whitehead.  This  city  then  had  a 
population  of  less  than  forty  thousand.  But  its  name  had 
been  often  in  my  mind,  and  was  familiar  to  me  princi- 
pally as  connected  with  Presbyterian  history,  and  as  the 
place  of  residence  of  distinguished  ministers  in  the  Church 
— Dr.  McWhorter,  and  the  celebrated  Dr.  Griflin — one  of 
the  most  eminent  men  of  his  time,  "  prince  of  preachers," 
and  Dr.  James  Richards,  of  hallowed  and  perpetual  memory. 
The  last  two  I  saw  and  rememlier  to-day  distinctly.  .  I  came 
to  this  city  in  response  to  a  letter  received  at  the  Union 
Theological  Seminary,  New  York,  while  I  was  Professor 
there — a  letter  from  a  gentleman  representing  a  new  church 
organization  of  sixty  members  who  were  contemplating  the 
celebration  of  their  first  communion  service,  and,  as  the 
letter  stated,  "  would  like  to  have  witii  them  on  that  occa- 
sion some  one  who  had  lieen  a  settled  pastor ;  they  would 
like,  if  convenient,  that  Dr.  Wilson  should  come."  Not 
being  otherwise  engaged,  I  consented  to  come. 


DK.    WILSON'S    SEKMON.  19 

I  can  recall  that  clay.  The  little  Mulberry  street  chapel 
(([uite  small  then,  since  enlarged,)  crowded  with  people  ;  the 
deeply-interested  and  attentive  audience ;  the  chou*.  in  the 
corner  on  the  left,  in  front  of  nie ;  the  little  organ  behind 
them.  Some  of  those  who  sang  in  the  choir  that  day  are 
still  living ;  others  are  singing  in  the  upper  sanctuary. 

The  first  naember  who  united  with  this  church  on  profes- 
sion of  his  faith  was  Mr.  Peter  Jackson,  at  the  September 
comnmniou,  1853,  in  the  77th  year  of  his  age.  He  died  in 
March,  1859,  eighty-two  years  of  age.  The  first  two 
children  that  were  baptized  in  this  church  are  still  with  us 
and  the  beloved  and  honored  mother  who  presented  them  ; 
and  this  brings  up  by  association  the  fact  of  the  connection 
of  some  with  this  church  on  pi-ofessiou  of  their  faith  when 
they  were  quite  advanced  in  life.  One,  the  venerable  Rod- 
ney Wilbur,  whose  place  in  the  sanctuary  on  the  Sabbath 
and  on  Tuesday  and  Thursday  evening  meetings  was  seldom 
vacant,  united  with  this  church  quite  late  in  life  and 
died  in  full  faith  of  a  blessed  hereafter.  And  we  have 
never  ceased  to  miss  the  venerable  form  of  Hon.  Asa 
Whitehead,  one  of  the  original  trustees  of  this  church,  and 
one  of  its  most  energetic  and  influential  and  lilieral  founders 
and  promoters.  He  died  May,  1860,  sixty-five  years  old.  I 
well  I'emember  his  interview  with  the  session  at  his  admission 
into  the  Church.  He  rose  with  calm  dignity,  and,  resting 
one  hand  on  the  back  of  the  pew,  with  a  voice  full  of  emo- 
tion, said  :  "  Gentlemen,  will  you  receive  into  your  number 
one  so  unworthy,  who  has  delayed  so  long  to  acknowledge 
his  Saviour,  and  is  ashamed  now  to  make  so  poor  and  so 
late  an  offering  f  These  noble  men  coming  so  late  in  life, 
like  ripe  fruit  seen  occasionally  hanging  on  the  tree  in 
Autunm  after  the  in-gathering,  are  momiments  of  God's 
grace  and  mercy  (left  no  doubt  to  show  some  here  today 
who  through  all  these  twenty-five  years  have  delayed,  tliat 
there  still  is  room,  and  that  even  they  may  still  come  if  they 
come  now). 


20  DE.    WILSOX'S    SERMON. 

At  the  time  the  call  to  this  new  church  was  put  into  ray 
hands  and  pressed  upon  nie,  and  influence  used  to  favor  its 
acceptance,  two  other  calls  were  also  presented  from  strong, 
wealthy,  well-established  churches,  and  were  urged  on  my 
attention.  But  the  prospect  of  Irailding  up  a  new  churcli 
for  Christ  and  for  the  kingdom  of  God  and  laying  new 
foundations,  witli  such  solid,  influential,  reliable  men  as 
coadjutors,  controlled  the  final  decision.  I  recall  as  I  stand 
here  to-daj',  at  this  culminating  point,  the  event  of  the  lay- 
ing the  corner-stone  of  this  edifice  in  October,  and  the  group 
of  men  and  women  assembled  on  the  occasion,  most  of  wliom 
are  gone,  though  many  yet  remain ,  and  I  see  their  faces  here 
to-day.  Rev.  Samuel  W.  Tnttle  stood  near  on  my  right, 
with  his  wife  ;  and  Mrs.  Bradlej' — sainted  soul ! — wife  of 
tlie  Rev.  Wm.  Bradlej',  and  Rev.  Dr.  Edd}',  who  with  the 
otlier  clergymen  assisted  in  the  ceremony.  These  are  gone. 
I  recall,  too,  with  deep  feelings  of  gratitude,  the  interest 
talvcn  by  the  ladies  of  the  congregation  in  the  progress  and 
details  of  the  work  of  rearing  and  completing  this  edifice, 
even  lining  tlie  pews  of  tlie  churcli  with  tlieir  own  hands, 
and  raising  four  lumdred  dollars  to  \rj  with  tiles  the  flooi- 
of  the  vestibule  and  of  the  towers,  and  in  every  possible  way 
encouraging  and  strengthening  tlie  hands  of  the  gentlemen 
in  prosecuting  their  work. 

In  all  the  past  twenty-five  years  this  pulpit  has  seldom 
been  without  the  presence  of  the  pastor,  except  during 
the  intervals  of  I'est  in  midsummer.  (Tlianks  to  a  kind 
Providence  that  lias  granted  the  requisite  health  and 
strength.)  Once  I  was  absent  iu  Florida  for  the  recovery 
of  health,  and  once  when  sent  to  Europe  by  your  kindness 
and  liberality.  Except  on  these  two  occasions  I  have  rarely 
been  away  from  my  post,  and  have  never  felt  at  libert}'  to 
make  frequent  exchanges,  as  many  others  do,  nor  to  engage 
in  writing  or  publishing,  nor  in  any  outside  work. 

In  all  the  past  twenty-five  years  the  absolute  unity  that 
has  subsisted  between  myself  and  the  members  of  my  church 


DR.    WILSON'S    .SERMON.  21 

and  session  has  continued  unbroken,  and  if  there  is  any  root 
of  bitterness,  if  there  are  any  strifes  or  animosities  between 
tlie  people  and  their  officers  to-day,  I  know  nothing  of  them, 
and  do  not  believe  that  any  such  difficulties  exist  anywhere 
among  us.  AVe  liave  had  cases  of  discipline.  Tliese  are, 
perhaps,  unavoidable  in  tlie  present  lapsed  condition  of 
Innnan  nature.  Any  cluii-ch  that  is  genuine  must  maintain 
its  sanctity,  and  this  is  evinced  in  but  two  ways.  One  is  l)y 
the  pure  life  and  holy  walk  of  its  individual  members,  and 
the  other  is  by  the  maintenance  of  discipline.  And  so  we 
have  had  cases  of  discipline,  but  they  have  been  rare. 

And  of  all  who  have  died  in  connnunion  with  tliis  church 
there  has  not  been  one  wlio  lias  not  borne  good  testimony 
for  Christ  up  to  tlie  last  hour  uf  mortal  existence,  and  left 
to  surviving  friends  the  consoling  assurancte  that  they  have 
only  passed  fi-om  a  lower  to  an  upper  apartment  in  their 
Fatlier's  great  house.  Of  the  number  originallj'  constituting 
this  church,  eighteen  are  left  witli  us,  tliirty-two  have  died, 
and  the  remainder  have  been  dismissed  to  cliurches  out  of 
the  city.  Since  tlie  organization  of  tlie  church  I  have  bap- 
tized 31S  children,  attended  463  funerals,  united  in  marriage 
260  persons.  One  thousand  and  six  have  united  with  the 
Church,  372  on  profession  of  their  faith  and  634  from  other 
churches. 

These  statistics,  though  interesting  and  effective  for  cer- 
tain ends,  are  yet  of  very  little  importance  after  all.  Tliey 
are  no  measure  in  any  moral  estimate,  and  convey  no  idea 
whatever  of  the  real  benefits  to  tlie  surrounding  community 
and  of  an}'  permanent  results  to  societ}'  at  large.  They  tell 
us  nothing  \vith  respect  to  that  which  is  of  value  in  the  sight 
of  the  Great  Final  Judge,  and  which  He  will  honor  and 
crown  at  the  last  day.  Blessings  beyond  all  price  that  have 
accrued  to  j'ourselves  and  to  others  must  pass  unnoticed,  and 
fall  not  within  the  limits  of  any  material  calculation.  Here 
you  and  your  children  have  come  as  each  Sabbath's  blessed 
light  dawned,  and  sat  together  and  worshipped  God,  and 


22  DR.    WILSON'S    SERMON. 

together  made  your  preparation  for  that  eternal  liome  that 
awaits  you,  reserved  and  ready  on  high.  Here  aspiring 
souls  have  been  strengthened  for  good,  and  stricken  spirits 
have  come  to  find  consolation,  and  have  not  been  disap- 
pointed ;  here  the  weary,  worn  spirit,  sick  of  the  world, 
has  heard  of  the  everlasting  and  blessed  rest ;  here  sinning 
ones  have  wept  over  the  world's  fierce  temptations  ;  here 
returning  prodigals  liave  come  to  their  right  mind  and  left 
the  Imsks  for  the  rich  provision  awaiting  them  in  their 
Father's  house  ;  the  dead  have  Ijeen  made  alive  again  and 
the  lost  found. 

John  tells  us  he  "  saw  no  temple  "  when  in  vision  he  was 
borne  away  and  beheld  that  great  city,  the  new  and  heavenly 
Jerusalem.  "  And  I  saw  no  temple  therein."  But  that  was 
in  heaven,  not  on  earth,  and  the  Lamb  was  the  light  of  it. 
No  temple  was  needed — no  medium  of  communication. 
There  was  no  necessity  to  be  tauglit  by  intermediate  agency. 
The  ever-flowing  Fountain  was  there,  full  and  free,  and 
there  was  no  longer  occasion  to  draw  water  from  turbid 
pools,  as  during  life's  weary  pilgrimage.  And,  moreover,  it 
was  evidently  a  surprise  to  the  aged,  inspired  seer  of  Pat- 
mos  to  find  "  no  temple  therein."  Tlie  language  implies 
this  ;  and  the  very  reason  assigned  for  the  absence  of  tem- 
ples in  the  streets  and  sqnares  of  tlie  celestial  city  affirms  the 
absolute  and  indispensable  necessity  of  them  in  the  present 
imperfect  state.  Here  we  liave  no  direct  vision,  but  tliere 
vision  was  perfect ;  there  John  stood  witliin  the  vail,  but 
here  we  wait  without  the  vail ;  there  grace  and  light  were 
perfect  and  direct  in  their  revelation  to  the  soul,  but  here 
they  are  dispensed  through  proper  means  and  appointed 
channels.  Here  on  earth  the  sonl  is  invested  with  a  gross 
material  l)ody.  Impressions  must  \>e  received  only  througli 
the  senses,  the  sole  medium  of  access  (known  to  us)  to  the 
outside  world.  Our  liodily  organs  are  agencies  for  this  end. 
But  there,  in  heaven,  all  (so  far  as  we  know)  are  purely 
spiritual,  and  nothing  is  necessary  as  a  previous  indispensable 


t)R.    WILSON'S    SERMON.  23 

arrangement  to  affect  and  impress  the  soul  l»y  the  eye, 
the  ear,  the  voice.  All  thei'e,  probably,  is  pure  sanctitied 
mind.  Here  the  public  worship  and  service  of  the  sanctuary 
are  divinely  appointed  for  propagating  truth,  for  maintaining 
ordinances,  as  alike  indispensable  to  tiie  Christian  and  to  an 
unsanctitied  minil.  Here  the  arrangement  is  to  convert 
men,  to  win  souls  to  Christ,  to  re-establish  interrupted  har- 
mony between  man's  soul  and  God's  sjiirit,  to  rekindle  on 
the  extinguished  altar  of  the  human  heart  a  holy  flame. 
Here,  to  effect  this,  appeals  are  to  be  made  to  every  prin- 
ciple of  man's  nature  that  can  be  readied  and  touched.  We 
aim,  in  accomplishing  this,  to  cover  as  much  ground  as  pos- 
sible ;  to  press  into  the  service  and  cause  of  religion  every- 
tliing  that  is  accessible  and  serviceable.  But  there  no  such 
thing  is  needed.  All  is  pure  and  simple  service — the  com- 
unniion  of  saints  with  each  other  and  with  the  Father  of 
spirits  and  His  Son.  Here  we  are  conHned  to  place,  laden 
with  the  griev:inces  of  a  cumbersome  body,  obliged  to  sit 
around  an  instructor,  dependent  on  oral  communication, 
under  necessity  to  call  the  soul  off  from  a  seductive  world 
at  stated  times  and  appointed  places,  to  break  the  continuity 
of  impression,  so  wearing  on  the  sj^irit,  so  destructive  of  all 
better  tendencies.  But  there  unimpeded  motion — time  and 
space,  the  natural  antagonists  of  the  soul — are  removed  and 
disappear  forever ;  unrestricted  inter-communion,  like  the 
commingled  radiance  of  star  with  star  in  a  clear  night,  or 
like  lamps  in  a  hirge  illuminated  room — one  vast  congrega- 
tion, one  mighty  temple,  one  constant,  universal,  overshad- 
owing of  the  Divine  presence  ;  and  then  one  eternal  Sabbath. 
On  earth  God  in  His  wisdom  and  iutinite  knowledge  of 
what  is  best,  has  chosen  and  appointed  a  certaui  method  of 
setting  forth  His  truth  and  making  it  signiticant  and  opera- 
tive ;  and  we  may  be  sure  He  will  not  suffer  us  ever  to  set 
it  aside.  And  although  He  can,  in  His  sovereignty,  com- 
municate grace  tln-ough  any  channel,  yet  it  is  our  folly  to 
look  for  it  except  through  such  channels  as  He  has  been 


24  DR.    WILSON'S    SEEMON. 

pleased  to  ordain.  If  ever  the  righteous  suffer  by  a  cessa- 
tion of  these  appointed  instrumentalities,  and  if  the  want  of 
the  public  assembly  in  temples  of  woi-ship  would  be  an  irre- 
parable loss,  then  what  will  become  of  the  impenitent? 
Close  the  churches  and  silence  the  voice  of  the  living  minis- 
try in  this  land  and  on  the  earth,  and  what  a  death-shade 
would  deepen  and  extend  far  aiid  wide  !  The  printing-press, 
as  has  been  said,  might  work  with  all  the  steam  power  of 
the  universe  and  nuiltiply  a  thousand-fold  copies  of  tlie 
Bible,  and  the  distributing  agents  place  them  in  every  room 
in  every  house  in  the  land,  so  that  tliere  should  not  be  an 
individual  unprovided  with  the  bread  of  life,  but  what  then  ? 
Wliat,  after  all,  have  you  done  to  save  men  from  utter 
forgetfulness  of  eternity,  utter  neglect  and  contempt  of 
their  God  and  Savioui'  (  Comparatively  nothing !  The 
words  of  Holy  Writ  are  that  it  is  by  "  preaching  that  God 
is  pleased  to  save  them  that  believe."  Private  reading  of 
the  Scriptures  can  never  take  the  place  of  the  public  preach- 
ing of  the  Word — nor  secret  meditation  ever  take  tlie  place  of 
the  Supper  of  tlie  Lord.  It  is  the  preaching  of  the  Word 
that  makes  the  reading  of  the  Word.  "  Bibles  without 
preachers  would  be  Bibles  without  readers."  It  is  usually 
from  something  heard  in  the  sanctuary  that  the  man  goes 
home  and  opens  his  neglected  Bible  and  reads  and  tliinks 
and  prays.  It  is  from  some  text  penetrating  the  conscience 
while  sitting  under  the  preaching  of  the  Word  that  tlie  hearer 
departs  to  open  and  peruse  a  volume,  one  sentence  of  wliich 
has  such  power  to  pierce  the  heart.  So  that  not  only  God's 
clear  and  certain  Word  shows  that  preaching  is  the  great 
appointed  means  of  spreading  truth,  but  fact  and  observa- 
tion corroborate  tlie  statement.  Nothing  can  take  the  place 
of  oral  instruction  by  a  standing  order  of  men  ofiiciating  by 
Divine  autliority  and  in  houses  set  apart  for  the  service  of 
God;  and  though  John  saw  no  temple  in  heaven,  the  very 
fact  shows  that  there  must  be  temples  and  sanctuaries  for 
worship  on  earth. 


DK.    WILSON'S     SERMON.  25 

We  meet  tlieu  in  tlie  temples  of  God's  grace  to  seek  and 
supplicate  His  favor.  But  what  is  that  presence  and  power 
which  we  trust  we  have  seen  and  felt  in  this  sacred  place 
and  for  the  continuance  of  which  we  are  met  to-day  to 
seek  and  pray  ? 

God  in  His  essential  presence  is  everywhere  throughout 
His  illimitable  creation,  filling,  sustaining  and  moving  on 
all  things  in  His  wide  domain.  He  cannot  cease  thus  to  be 
present  unless  He  cease  also  to  be.  Tjiis  is  not  then  what 
we  especially  seek.  There  is  another  peculiar  presence 
limited,  perhaps,  to  the  times  of  the  old  dispensation,  like 
the  appearance  to  Moses  in  Midian  in  the  burning  busJi,  and 
the  Shekinah  also.  This  may  be  called  the  miraculous  or 
extraordinary  appearance  of  God.  It  seemed  to  impart 
holiness  to  the  places  where  it  was  manifested.  But  there 
is  another  and  third  sense  in  which  Jehovah  is  said  to  be 
present — that  is,  with  every  believing  mind — signified  in  the 
promise,  "  Whei-e  two  or  three  are  gathered  together  in  my 
name  there  am  I  in  the  midst  of  them  "  to  cheer  and  encour- 
age and  bless ;  and  wherever  a  pious  soul  is  lifted  up  in 
faith  and  love  to  heaven,  in  the  sanctuary,  the  closet,  Ijy  the 
wayside,  on  the  mountain-top,  or  on  the  pathless  deep,  there 
God's  presence  and  power  may  be  enjoyed.  This  is  that 
which  to-day  we  earnestly  desire  and  seek.  We  have  no 
idea  of  any  imparted  sanctity  in  the  edifice  itself  that  shall 
give  mysterious  efficacy  to  the  religious  services  conducted 
here.  This  is  never  our  purpose  nor  expectation  in  assem- 
bling here  ;  but  it  is  beconung  to  pray  that  He  may  meet 
His  people  here  from  time  to  time  with  tokens  of  His  grace 
and  love  ;  that  His  Word  and  ordinances,  as  here  adminis- 
tered, may  be  attended  with  power  from  on  high  ;  that  no 
false  doctrine  may  ever  be  taught  here,  no  doubtful  prac- 
tices ever  be  recommended  ;  that  here  true  worshippers  may 
assemble  and  continued  victories  be  won  over  Satan  and  tiie 
world  and  sin. 

There  is  an  admitted  and  most  powerful  principle  of 
association  in  all  minds'  that  prevenfs   connecting   with    a 


26  DR.    WILSON'S    SERMON. 

sacred  place  ideas  and  thonglits  alien  to  its  solemnity  and  to 
the  reverence  tliat  should  ever  prevail  here.  The  man  that 
has  no  such  feeling  when  he  enters  the  sanctuaiy  of  God, 
but  comes  in  thoughtlessl}',  as  he  would  to  a  place  of 
amusement  or  of  trathc,  or  as  he  would  to  hear  a  public 
lecture  from  the  rostrum,  is  not  only  devoid  of  the  senti- 
ments that  should  dwell  in  the  bosom  of  a  Christian,  but  also  of 
those  proper  feelings  that  he  should  possess  as  a  man.  No 
noise,  nor  confusion,  nor  disorder  should  ever  intrude  here, 
nor  should  the  voice  of  unhallowed  mirth  ever  break  the 
solemn  stillness.  Every  association,  every  recollection 
should  tend  to  tranquillize  the  mind  and  spiritualize  it  and 
raise  it  from  earth  to  heaven  ;  the  impression  should  be  that 
when  your  feet  tread  these  (!Ourts  you  are  withdrawn  from 
the  world  and  its  scenes,  and  have  come  to  wait  in  the  au. 
dience-chamber  of  the  "  King  of  kings."  God's  glory  is 
set  forth  in  nature's  wonderful  works  and  His  praises  ut- 
tered by  her  myriad  \'oices.  The  dewy  freshness  of  morn- 
ing, tlie  declining  glories  of  evening,  the  verdure  of  Spring, 
the  changing  hues  of  Autunm,  the  solemn  grandeur  of  the 
starry  worlds  speak  His  praise  and  glory.  But  the  woi-k  He 
does  in  tlie  temples  of  His  grace  far  outshines  any  inferior 
manifestation  of  His  character,  and  will  last  when  tlie 
evanescent  loveliness  of  Spring  and  the  fragrance  of  its 
flowers  has  departed  and  the  very  heavens  tliemselves  are 
rolled  together  as  a  scroll  of  shrivelled  parchment.  Soul 
can  never  die.  Its  affections  will  expand  and  grow  under 
tlie  more  genial  influence  of  a  nobler  condition  ;  and  then 
the  fondest  recollections  and  tenderest  associations  will  be 
with  those  places  and  persons  that  aided  in  preparing  us  for 
that  better  state.  Fields  of  human  strife,  where  men  court 
fame  at  the  cannon's  mouth,  will  find  no  remembrance  there ; 
halls  of  forensic  display,  where  the  great  ones  of  the  earth 
debate  and  settle  the  destiny  of  nations  ;  palaces  of  wealth 
and  royalty,  where  mirtli  and  song  and  wine  turn  life's  hours 
into  one  unbroken   scene   of  amusement  and  revelry ;  the 


DR.    WILSON'S    SERMON.  til 

marts  of  commerce,  whei-e  the  Midas  toucli  turns  everything 
into  gold,  and  where  fortunes  are  made  and  broken  in  an 
hour — these  and  such  like  will  not  be  wortli  a  hearing  amid 
higlier  immortal  interests.  But  it  wiW  be  said  of  the  taber- 
nacles of  Zion  (and  we  trust  of  this  place,  too,)  "  This  or 
that  man  was  born  there."  Long  may  tlie  pure  doctrines  of 
the  Gospel  be  here  taught — long  may  streams  of  salvation 
here  flow ;  may  no  unhallowed  tongue  ever  be  here  moved 
to  pervert  the  Word  of  Life  ! 

We,  to-day,  cleave  anew  to  the  doctrines  of  the  Reforma- 
tion— those  doctrines  in  the  strength  of  which  the  martyrs 
triumphed  in  flames  and  passed  in  chariots  of  fire  to  glory 
— doctrines  in  the  firm  belief  of  which  we  confidently  expect 
that  this  church  shall  be  blessed  in  tlie  future  as  in  the  past 
\vith  revivals  of  religion  by  effusions  of  the  Holy  Spirit  of 
God.  Our  motto  is  that  immortal  embodiment  of  Protest- 
antism and  evangelical  Christianity : 

1.  "The  Word  of  God  only— Tlie  rule  of  our  faith  and 
practice." 

2.  "  The  grace  of  Jesus  Clirist  only — The  ground  of  our 
hope." 

3.  "  The  work  of  the  Spirit  only — Tlie  eflicient  agency  of 
our  salvation." 

The  principle  of  our  doctrine  and  government  is  the 
widest  charity  to  all.  We  rejoice  to  co-operate  with  all  who 
love  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ  in  sincerity,  and  who  aim  to 
Iniild  up  His  kingdom.  We  claim  as  Presbyterians  no  ex- 
clusive ground  of  labor,  but  we  work  with  all  others  ;  we  can 
do  most  in  our  own  way,  and  rejoice  to  let  others  do  the 
same.  We  welcome  all  to  the  great  field,  the  world,  and 
are  ambitious  oidy  to  do  the  most  good.  We  love  our 
Churcli,  because  we  love  our  countr}'  and  the  church  uni- 
versal on  earth.  We  hold  nine  out  of  twelve  essential  doc- 
trines of  faith  in  common  with  all  other  evangelical  denom- 
inations. We  differ  from  our  Methodist  bretliren  in  tliat 
we  put  God  first  and  not  second  in  the  order  of  salvation  of 


28  DE.    WILSON'S    SEEMON. 

a  human  soul ;  we  differ  from  our  Episcopal  bretbi-en  in  that 
we  hold  that  all  ministers  in  Christ's  Church  are  equal  and 
do  not  believe  in  lords  over  God's  heritage ;  we  differ 
from  our  Baptist  brethren  in  that  we  can  come  into  the 
Church  as  families  (according  to  all  God's  covenants)  and 
not  as  individuals  only — of  the  mode  of  baj)tism  we  care 
nothing.  We  glory  in  the  things  in  which  we  agree  with 
other  denominations,  and  are  not  ashamed  in  the  things  in 
which  we  differ.  We  here  set  up  our  Ebenezer.  Thus  far 
the  Lord  hatli  helped  us.  By  His  favor  we  liave  reached 
the  present  point,  and  l)y  His  grace  onl}'  we  stand. 

If  any  should  now  ask  wliat  is  meant  by  setting  up  an 
Ebenezer,  the  answer  is  plain.     I  would  reply  in  passing: 

1.  It  means  a  disposition  to  give  God  all  the  glory  for 
every  blessing  that  has  come  from  His  hand. 

2.  It  is  disowning  our  own  wisdom  and  skill  and  man- 
agement, and  giving  God  all  the  thanks,  distinctly  recog- 
nizing His  hand,  confessing  our  want  of  merit,  and  tracing 
through  secondary  causes  all  prosperity  to  Him  who  "  doeth 
all  things  after  the  counsel  of  His  own  will." 

3.  It  implies  an  open  jirofession  of  the  truth  with  a  con- 
sistent example  and  attendance  on  the  ordinances,  diligence 
in  the  pious  training  of  children  and  in  the  improvement  of 
our  several  talents  to  the  praise  and  glory  of  God. 

i.  It  implies  a  dedication  of  ourselves  to  His  service,  de- 
pendence on  His  grace,  and  a  purpose  and  desire  of  walking 
with  Him  all  the  rest  of  our  lives,  until  He  calls  us  hence 
from  toil  to  our  crown  in  heaven. 

Brethren,  let  us  remember  time  is  short,  and  when  another 
season  like  this  past  twenty-five  years  of  history  comes 
around  again  may  those  who  then  survive  set  up  another 
Ebenezer  to  a  long-suffering,  most  kind  and  most  merciful 
God.  I  look  forward  from  this  point  where  we  all  now 
stand  ;  our  stay  here  will  be  short ;  ^dth  these  external  things 
we  shall  be  conversant  only  for  a  little  while ;  here  some 
shall  come  and  bring  their  burdens  and  lay  them  down  at 


DK.    WILSON'S    SERMON.  29 

tlie  feet  of  Jesus ;  here  some  of  tlie  present  generation  with 
wlioni  our  responsibility  is  interwoven  sluill  accept  tlie  long- 
rejected  overtures  of  mercy  and  find  the  balm  for  a  l>roken 
heart ;  here  the  believer  shall  sit  down  at  the  Supper  of  the 
Lord  and  have  his  soul  rapt  away  to  the  temple  of  which 
the  Lamb  is  the  light;  iind  here  the  Gospel  shall  be  to  some 
of  you  and  your  children  the  "  savour  of  death  unto  death." 
I  roll  back  the  curtain  of  a  few  fleeting  years  and  I  see 
another  congregation  gathered  in  this  place,  all  unknown  to 
us,  and  whom  we  sliall  never  see,  tilling  up  these  seats — an 
entirely  new  generation  floating  down  on  the  stream  of 
time  ;  I  hear  another  voice  speaking  from  this  sacred  desk, 
pleading  with  dying  men  ;  I  see  then  and  there,  as  now, 
some  sinner,  as  yet  unborn,  with  a  lieart  alienated  from  God, 
harder  tlian  the  nether  millstone,  slumbering  away  tlie 
golden  moments,  and  some  devoted  messenger  of  God  weep- 
ing and  ui'ging  his  lingering  flight  from  tlie  "  city  of  destruc- 
tion "  to  "  the  city  of  God  ;"  I  see  multitudes  here  listening 
to  the  words  of  eternal  life,  and  I  see  them  from  the  bosom 
of  eternit}'  looking  back  on  this  holy  place  with  liigher  notes 
of  praise  or  with  a  deeper  tone  of  anguish  ;  and,  oh  !  I  liear 
the  voice  of  lamentation  and  woe  at  the  memory  of  oppor- 
tunities lost,  mercies  slighted  witliin  these  walls.  But  let  us 
draw  the  veil  and  contemplate  brighter  scenes.  I  see 
these  pews  tilled  with  devout  and  pious  woi-sliippers,  souls 
hungering  and  tjiirsting  for  the  bread  of  life — fathers  and 
mothers,  Imsljands  and  wives  and  their  children  here 
inquiring  foi-  Jesus,  and  He  will  meet  them  here  and  bless 
them. 

Young  men  I  on  you  the  mantle  of  a  pious  ancestry  must 
fall  wlien  your  fathers  go  up  to  dwell  witii  God.  There  is 
room  kept  for  you  around  our  altar  and  in  our  hearts.  We 
want  you  to  come  with  us.  Oh  !  there's  room  for  you  in 
the  Saviour's  mercy — room  for  you  in  lieaven.  Come — 
help  to  bear  the  ark  of  God.  Tlie  world  needs  j-our  activity 
and  your  strengtli.  The  Cliurch  calls  you,  and  God  expects 
you. ' 


30  DR.    WILSON'S    SERMON. 

I  have  said  uothiug  aliout  the  dead  of  this  church  in  the 
last  twenty -five  years.  I  couhl  not ;  my  heart  is  too  full. 
They  are  our  dead — part  of  the  host  who  have  "  crossed  the 
flood."  The  noble  men  and  noble  women  whose  hearts 
were  in  this  church  and  whose  hands  were  ever  ready  for 
service  here  to  Christ — we  miss  them  in  the  eldership,  in 
the  board  of  trustees,  at  the  communion  table,  in  the  sanc- 
tuary, in  the  Sunday  School,  in  the  meetings  for  prayer,  we 
never  cease  to  mourn  their  loss.  They  tinished  their  woi'k 
and  have  departed  from  us  for  a  season.  Methinks  their 
spirits  hover  over  this  assembly  to-day  and  regard  us  with 
deepest  interest  and  with  tender  love.  They  are  among  the 
"  cloud  of  witnesses "  that  darken  the  canopy  of  the  sky, 
and  they  are  waiting  to  welcome  us  and  call  us  to  their  lofty 
abode.  Yes  !  yes  !  we  come — we  come  !  The  tones  of 
their  voices  steal  upon  our  ears  in  solemn,  beautiful  cadences, 
and  animate  us  to  higher  eflbrt  and  holier  self-consecration, 
and,  God  helping  us,  there  is  not  one  of  us  who  does  not 
seek  salvation  through  the  blood  and  righteousness  of  Jesus 
— not  one  who  shall  not  share  with  you  the  throne  and  the 
diadem. 


TWENTY-FIFTH  ANNUAL  REPORT 

OF     THE 

SUNDAY    SCHOOLS 

OF 

SOUTH  PARK  PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH, 

Eend  at  the  Anniversary  on  October  27th,  1878,  by 
F.  C.  WiLLcox,  Sec^y  of  Church  Schools. 


The  excellent  and  carefully  prepared  histoiical  narrative  of  the  church  Sunday  Schools, 
by  Mr.  F.  C.  Willcox,  Secretary  of  the  School,  is  here  ei^en  in  full. 

The  quarter-century  report  of  the  Mission  Sctiool,  prepared  for  a  previous  public 
occasion,  by  Mr.  Thus.  Darlington,  was  kindly  put  into  the  hands  of  the  publishing  committee. 
It  is  necessary  in  the  historical  connection,  and  is  full  of  interest;  it  is  also  given  in  full 
There  must  unavoidably  be  an  incidental  going  over  of  the  same  ground  in  two  reports  of  the 
Sunday  School  work  iu  the  same  church— especially  as  the  Church  School  was  second  in  time, 
and  had  its  origin  in  the  Mission  School. 

We  liave  met  tliis  afternoon  to  celebrate  the  twenty -fifth 
anniversary  of  the  schools  connected  vdih  this  church,  and 
we  would  extend  a  most  hearty  welcome  to  all  present. 

Our  whole  force  consists  of  a  parish  and  mission  school, 
each  having  an  infant  department  attaclied  thereto. 

Although  the  Mission  Scliool  is  a  little  more  than  twenty- 
five  years  old,  and  our  own  regular  anniversary  does  not 
strictly  occur  until  December,  still  we  both  join  with  our 
fostering  church  on  this  joyful  occasion,  and  gladly  accept 
the  invitation  to  add  our  history. 

The  report,  which  it  is  now  my  pleasure  to  present,  cover- 
ing as  it  does  a  quarter  of  a  century,  must  necessarily  be 
brief,  and  confined  mainly  to  facts.  And  we  earnestly  trust 
that  no  heart  will  be  grieved  if,  through  inadvertence,  some 
■faithful  and  earnest  worker  sliould  not  be  meiitioned  ;  for  it 
is  almost  impossible  in  this  sketch  to  pay  a  just  tribute  to  all 
those  faithful  ones  who  have  been  among  us. 

From  the  i-eport  of  Mr.  Darlington,  read  at  the  Silver 
Wedding  of  tlie  Mission  School,  from  the  memorv  of  some 


32  EEPOKT    ON    SUNDAY    SCHOOLS. 

of  our  older  teachers,  and  fi-oni  the  earlier  records,  we  have 
been  able  to  collate  the  following  facts : 

About  1851  the  Mission  School  was  started  in  the  old 
Chestnut  Street  Depot,  under  the  superintendence  of  Mr. 
John  P.  Jackson,  Sr. 

In  1853  the  Parish  School  was  started  in  the  chapel,  and 
the  infant  department  also  liad  its  origin  under  tlie  very  effi- 
cient management  of  Mrs.  J.  P.  Wilson. 

In  1854  the  Church  School  moved  from  the  chapel  to  the 
present  lecture-rooms.  Here  the  school  was  very  ably  man- 
aged, with  Mr.  Ralph  Pierson  as  superintendent,  and  Mrs. 
Eliza  Armstrong,  lady  superintendent. 

The  school  was  rapidly  increased,  and  it  was  witli  mucli 
pleasure  that  the  teachers  saw  the  gratifj'ing  results.  At 
this  same  period  Mr.  Asa  Wliitehead  taught  a  very  inter- 
esting Bil)le  class  of  young  ladies. 

In  1856  Mr.  Arcliibald  Parkhurst  was  elected  superin- 
tendent of  the  Mission  School,  and  held  that  position  till 
1860.  The  same  officers  as  in  the  pre\'ious  year  had  charge 
of  the  church  schools.  During  the  next  two  years  there 
was  no  change  in  the  officers  of  either  school,  except  that 
Miss  Mary  H.  Gill,  in  1857,  took  charge  of  our  infant  de- 
partment. It  was  in  this  same  year  that  Mrs.  Wilson 
organized  a  Bible  class  for  young  ladies,  who  met  for  an  hour 
and  a  half  previous  to  the  morning  service  of  each  Sundiiy. 
During  the  eleven  years  in  which  it  was  faithfully  taught  by 
its  founder,  forty-three  ladies  received  instruction,  and 
when,  in  1868,  Mrs.  Wilson,  on  account  of  indisposition,  was 
obliged  to  give  up  the  class,  tliere  was  the  most  gratifying 
result  that  all  of  her  scholars  had  become  church  members, 
except  nine,  who  were  communicants  on  entering  the  class. 

In  the  next  year  (1858)  Mr.  Ralph  Pierson  was  reelected  • 
superintendent,  Mrs.   Armstrong  lady  superintendent,  Dr. 
WoodhuU  secretary,  and  Mr.  Hastings  librarian  and  treas- 
urer.    The  whole  number  of  scholars  at  this  time  was  five 
hundred  and  seventeen,  apportioned  as  follows :     Mission 


KEPOKT    ON    SUNDAY    SCHOOLS.  33 

Si'.liool,  one  luiudred  and  tit't\'-seven ;  Cdnruli  School,  one 
luindred  and  seventy-fonr ;  infant  depiirtnient,  one  hundred 
and  ten;  Mrs.  Wilson's  Bible  class,  thirty-four;  an<l  Mr. 
John  Whitehead's  Bible  class  for  gentlemen,  forty-two. 
At  this  time  the  very  excellcut  plan  hsid  been  adopted  of 
having  eaeh  teacher  visit  a  certain  ]iart  of  the  city  contigu- 
ous to  the  clmreh  and  urge  children  who  were  not  in  regular 
attendance  at  any  school  to  join  our  Ijands.  We  should  nctt 
here  neglect  to  speak  of  the  earnest  eitbrts  which  the  late 
Dr.  Woodhull  used  to  bring  the  boys  of  his  class  to  Christ. 
Twice  a  week  they  met  at  his  office,  in  Hill  street,  for  the 
purpose  of  prayer,  and  much  good  grew  out  of  this  noble 
action  of  their  instructor.  During  this  year  tinrty-nine 
Bibles  were  presented  by  our  pastor  to  those  scholars  who 
perfectly  recited  the  Catechism. 

The  next  year  (1859),  at  the  annual  election,  Mr.  Piei-son 
was  again  made  superintendent,  but  declining,  the  late  John 
P.  Jackson  was  called  to.  the  ottice.  Mrs.  Armstrong  and 
Dr.  Woodhull  were  reelected.  Dr.  L.  G.  Thomas  and  Mr. 
Jas.  Hastings  were  elected  respectively  treasurei"  and  libra- 
rian. The  numlier  of  scholars  in  our  school  was  one  hun- 
dred and  seventy-nine,  and  in  the  infant  department,  one 
hundred  and  thirty-four.  Number  of  books  in  the  library, 
six  hundred  and  twenty.  In  this  same  year  the  hand  of 
death  removed  four  little  children  from  the  infant  dcpai't- 
ment. 

In  1860  the  officers  of  tiie  Parish  School  wei'e  ri'elected, 
Mr.  Crossman  taking  Mr.  Arnold's  place  as  assistant  libra- 
rian. The  total  number  of  scholars  in  both  schools  was  five 
hundred  and  seventy-five.  We  lost  liy  death  one  of  the 
eldest  girls  in  the  Church  School. 

In  1861,  in  the  Parish  School,  the  officers  were  the  same 
as  in  the  previous  year.  It  was  during  the  latter  part  of 
this  year  that  our  beloved  superintendent,  John  P.  Jackson, 
Sr.,  was  called  to  the  mansions  above,  and  the  scliool  deeply 
mourned  his  loss,  for  he  was  warndy  attached  to  it,  being 


34  REPORT    ON    SUNDAY    SCHOOLS. 

one  of  tlie  most  earnest  and  patient  of  workers.  Tlie  vacant 
office  was  tilled  by  the  election  of  Mr.  L-a  M.  Harrison. 

In  1862  the  officers  of  both  schools  remained  the  same, 
and  there  was  bnt  slight  change  in  the  roll  of  teachers  and 
scholars. 

In  1863,  Miss  Mary  H.  Gill,  who  had  been  the  very 
excellent  teacher  of  tlie  infant  department  of  our  school  for 
six  years,  was  compelled  by  failing  health  to  give  up  her 
Sabbath  work  among  the  little  ones.  Her  labcirs  we  shall 
ever  remember  with  feelings  of  thankfuhiess  that  we  were 
able  to  have  such  a  true  and  devoted  teacher  to  guide  the 
young.  Mrs.  Wilson  again  took  charge  of  the  infant  de- 
partment, and  has  continued  to  superintend  it  to  the  present 
time,  having  been  very  ably  assisted  during  nearly  the 
whole  period  l)y  Miss  Mary  Connet. 

In  1864  there  was  no  change  in  the  school. 

In  the  next  year  (1865)  the  officers  of  the  Church  School 
were  as  follows :  Superintendent,  Mr.  Ira  M.  Harrison ; 
Lady  Superintendent,  Mrs.  Goes ;  Treasurer,  Mr.  F.  Wolcott 
Jackson  ;  Secretary,  Dr.  A.  W.  Woodhull ;  Lil)rarian  and 
Assistant,  Messrs.  M.  B.  Crosstnan  and  Edward  Reeve. 
The  number  of  scholars  was  one  hundred  and  sixty,  with 
one  hundred  and  seventy-seven  in  the  infant  department. 
The  collections  of  this  year  amounted  to  $256.20. 

Passing  to  the  next  year,  1866,  we  find  that  the  number 
of  scholars  varied  but  little  from  that  in  the  pre^^ous  year. 
But  we  lost  two  faithful  teachers,  whose  memory  will  ever 
be  cherished  for  their  good  works. 

It  was  at  this  time  that  the  present  ladies'  parlor  and 
infant  school  room  were  added,  the  wliole  expense  being 
$1,700,  which  amount  was  collected  in  two  days  by  Mrs. 
Wilson,  who  personally  obtained  subscriptions  of  $100  each 
from  seventeen  gentlemen  in  the  church. 

In  1867  the  officers  of  the  school  remained  the  same,  and 
Mr.  Vail  was  elected  assistant  librarian. 

In  the  next  year  (1868)  we  had  one  hundred  and  fifty 


REPORT    ON    SUNDAY    SCHOOLS.  35 

scholars,  thirty-four  teachers,  four  Bible  classes,  aud  one 
hundretl  and  thirty-nine  children,  with  live  teachers,  in  tlie 
infant  department.  The  collections  amounted  to  $308.73. 
Mr.  Ira  M.  Harrison  was  superintendent ;  Miss  Sarah  A. 
Gill,  lady  superintendent ;  Dr.  A.  W.  Woodhull,  secretary  ; 
Mr.  F.  Wolcott  Jackson,  treasurer,  and  Mr.  A.  "W.  Taylor, 
librarian.  The  system  now  in  use,  of  collecting  the  money 
from  the  classes  at  the  end  of  each  month  for  missionary 
pm"poses,  was  adopted.  This  was  also  the  period  when  our 
pastor's  wife  was  obliged  to  relinquish  her  Bible  class, 
before-mentioned . 

In  1869,  at  the  annual  meeting  of  the  Parish  School,  as 
Mr.  Harrison  declined  a  reelection,  having  held  most  accept- 
ably the  position  of  superintendent  for  seven  years,  Mr.  A. 
I.  Gillette  was  chosen  to  fill  that  office.  The  other  officei's 
remained  the  same,  and  Mr.  E.  L.  Hamilton  was  elected 
librarian.  Much  praise  is  due  him  for  the  very  able  manner 
in  which  he  has  attended  to  our  mental  wants  in  furnishing 
us  with  good  books.  The  records  of  this  year  show  one 
lumdred  and  fifty-eight  scholars,  thirty-two  teachers,  two 
Bilile  classes,  and  one  hundred  and  thirty-six  scholars,  with 
five  teachers,  in  the  infant  department,  and  nine  hundred 
books  in  the  library.     The  collections  amoimted  to  $450.93. 

In  1870  the  nmnber  of  scholars  and  teachers  iu  both 
departments  was  about  the  same  as  in  the  previous  year. 
Three  of  the  scholars  united  with  the  church.  At  the  annual 
meeting  Mr.  Gillette  was  reelected  superintendent ;  Mrs. 
Ralph  Pierson,  lady  superintendeut ;  Mr.  F.  Wolcott  Jack- 
son, treasurer ;  Dr.  AVoodhull,  secretaiy ;  Mr.  Hamilton, 
librarian,  and  Mr.  W.  A.  Perry,  assistant  librarian. 

In  1871  the  officers  of  both  schools  remained  the  same. 
The  nutnber  of  scholars  was  one  hundred  and  sixty  in  the 
senior  department  and  one  hundred  and  ten  in  the  infant 
department. 

In  1872  the  mnnlier  <(f  teachers  and  scholars  remained 
the  same   as  in   1871,  and   there  was  the  gratifyuig  result 


36  REPORT    ON    SUNDAY    SCHOOLS 

tliat  nine  scliolars  liad  given  tlieir  hearts  to  the  Saviour. 
The  collections  in  both  departments  ;unounted  to  $243.62. 
At  the  ainiiial  meeting  Mr.  Gillette  declined  a  reelection, 
and  our  present  superintendent,  Mr.  David  C.  Dodd,  Jr., 
was  called  upon  to  fill  that  position,  and  the  present  secre- 
tary was  elected  assistant  librarian. 

In  1873  we  had  the  same  officers  (with  the  exception  of 
the  lady  superintendent)  as  in  1872.  Tiie  rolls  showed  one 
hundred  and  sixty  scholars  and  thirty-two  teachers  in  the 
senior  department  and  one  hundred  and  five  scholars  and 
seven  teachers  in  the  infant  department.  We  record  with 
much  pleasure  that  eleven  of  the  scholars  resolved  to  turn 
from  the  world  and  give  their  hearts  to  God. 

In  the  next  year,  1874,  the  officers  remained  as  in  the  last 
year. 

Passing  to  1875,  we  find  that  tlie  same  officers  in  the 
Parish  School  were  again  reelected,  and  the  school  num- 
bered one  hundred  and  sixty-six,  with  an  infant  department 
of  one  hundred  and  twenty-five.  Through  tlie  earnest, 
personal  efforts  of  the  late  Mr.  A.  I.  Gillette  our  Sunday 
school  room  was  improved  and  rendered  more  cheerful,  and 
the  library  was  replenished. 

In  1876  the  Churcli  School  consisted  of  twenty-nine 
officers  and  teachers  and  about  two  hundred  scholars. 

It  was  in  the  Spring  of  this  year  that  our  school  was 
entered  by  death,  and  a  most  faithful  officer  removed.  We 
refer  to  the  late  Dr.  Addison  W.  Woodhull,  Elder  in  the 
church.  He  had  been  connected  with  the  school  almost 
from  its  formation,  and  its  welfare  and  interests  seemed  to 
be  a  personal  matter  with  him,  and  he  frequently  referred 
with  deep  regret  to  the  fact  that  attendance  at  the  teachers' 
prayer  meeting  was  not  made  a  duty  which  each  one  felt 
that  he  owed  his  God,  the  school,  and  himself. 

In  the  Fall  of  1877  we  were  again  visited  by  the  hand  of 
Providence,  and  called  to  mourn  the  loss  of  a  former  super- 
intendent.    I  cannot  more  fitly  commemorate  him  than  by 


REPORT    ON    SUNDAY    SCHOOLS.  37 

quoting  tlie  tribute  vvliicli  tlie  late  Dr.  Woodhiill  paid  liini, 
in  Ills  report  of  1S72,  when  Mr.  Gillette  deelined  a  reelection. 
He  said  :  "  I  feel  assured  that  I  but  express  the  feeling 
of  every  one  connected  with  the  school  when  I  Siiy  that  liis 
services  were  always  of  the  ni(,)st  faithful  and  painstaking 
character,  and  that  the  duties  of  his  office  were  ever  per- 
formed with  zeal  and  alacrity,  and  witJi  a  congeniality  that 
drew  to  hini  the  affection  and  esteem  of  all  who  were  under 
his  charge." 

During  the  latter  part  of  last  year  the  congregation 
responded  very  liberally  to  requests  for  money  to  replenish 
our  library :  $110.55  was  collected  and  $108.03  expended 
for  books,  leaving  a  balance  of  this  fund  of  $2.52. 

The  new  books  were  placed  in  the  hands  of  the  scholars 
during  January  of  this  year. 

At  the  annual  meeting  held  the  20th  of  last  June  the 
following  officers  were  elected  : 

Superintendent — Mr.  David  C.  Dodd,  Jr. 

Lady  Superintendent — Mrs.  E.  C.  Plainer. 

Treasurer — Mr.  F.  Wolcott  Jackson. 

Librarian — Mr.  E.  L.  Hamilton. 

Secretary— Mr.  F.  C.  Willcox. 

Committees  have  been  appointed  in  each  school  to  co- 
operate and  devise  plans  by  which  greater  interest  and  work 
may  be  developed  in  the  school. 

We  have  departed  from  the  old  routine  of  exercises, 
superseding  them  by  others  of  a  more  interesting  nature. 

Our  faithful  and  beloved  pastor  still  questions  the  school 
at  the  end  of  each  month  on  the  parts  of  the  Catechism 
recited  in  that  time. 

Another  new  and  most  excellent  plan  of  impressing  liie 
lessons  upon  our  minds  has  been  introduced  by  our  pastor — 
that  of  preaching  a  short  sei'mon  to  the  schools  on  the  last 
Sunday  of  each  quarter  on  the  work  passed  over  in  that 
period.  Our  records  now  show  about  fifty  officers  and  teach- 
ers and  three  hundred  scholars  in  tlie  Mission  School  (both 


38  EEPOET    ON    SUNDAY    SCHOOLS. 

departments),  and  twenty -five  otRcers  and  teacliers,  with 
one  hundred  and  tifty  scholars,  in  tlie  Parish  School  (both 
departments). 

Our  library  numbers  four  hundred  volumes. 

Tlie  amount  of  collections  for  missionary  purposes,  con- 
tributed during  the  last  twenty-live  years  l)y  the  Ciiurch 
School,  has  been  about  $5,600 — $1,000  of  whieli  was  by  the 
iufant  department. 

In  this  brief  review  we  see  very  many  blessings  for  which 
to  be  thankful  to  Almighty  God.  Can  we  not,  ever  looking 
to  the  Tin-one  of  Grace  for  strength  and  help,  incite  new 
energy  in  our  schools  ?  Will  not  each  teacher  and  scholar, 
on  this  Sabbath,  ever  memorable  for  the  pleasant  recollec- 
tions which  it  shall  liring  to  us  in  the  future,  resolve  to  bring 
in  as  many  sc^liolars  as  possible,  and  fill  our  ranks  with  new 
recruits  '. — for  the  field  for  work  is  large. 

Let  us,  then,  "  Rejoicing  in  Hope,"  pray  that  God  in  His 
infinite  goodness  will  bless  and  mightily  strengtlien  us,  and 
cause  our  Sunday  Schools  to  be  foremost  in  the  glorious 
work  of  Christ. 

Fkank  C.  Willcox, 

Secretary  South  Park  Pres.  Church  Sunday  School. 

October  27,  1878. 


Owing  to  the  absence  of  any  record  of  the  earlier  years 
of  the  South-Park  Mission  Sunday  School,  it  was  necessary, 
in  the  compilation  of  this  sketch  of  its  liistory,  to  resort  to 
the  memories  of  those  who  took  part  therein. 

As  we  are  fortunate  enough  to  have  remaining  with  us 
several  of  those  who  commenced  with  the  enterprise,  we 
have  been  able  to  arrive  with  some  degree  of  certainty  at 
the  following  particulars : 


REPORT   ON    SUNDAY    SCHOOLS.  39 

Shortly  after  tlie  erection  of  tlie  railroad  depot  at  Chest- 
nut street,  it  being  noticed  that  a  number  of  cliildren 
congregated  around  tliat  place  on  the  Sabl)atli,  ci'eating 
much  noise  and  confusion,  with  some  destruction  of  the 
property,  through  the  efforts  of  Mr.  John  P.  Jackson,  Mr. 
Sanuiel  P.  Smith,  and  others  (Mr.  Jackson  obtaining  the 
use  of  the  depot  building  for  that  purpose),  a  Sunday  School 
was  opened. 

The  school  was  under  the  superintendence  of  Mr.  Jack- 
son and  his  sister,  Mrs.  Eliza  Armstrong.  This  was  about 
tlie  year  1851,  and  continued  until  the  opening  of  tlie  Mul- 
berry street  chapel,  a  little  over  a  j-ear  later.  An  attempt 
was  made  to  take  the  school  to  the  cliapel,  but  it  was  unsuc- 
cessful. In  1853  the  Rev.  Mr.  Campiield,  assisted  by  Mr. 
David  Joline  and  a  few  others,  started  the  scliool  anew  in 
the  dejjot,  Mr.  Joline  being  the  first  superintendent. 

From  that  time  to  the  present  it  has  continued  its  regular 
sessions. 

Mr.  Joline  was  superintendent  mitil  1856,  when  Mr. 
Archibald  Parkhurst  succeeded  to  the  otlice.  He  con- 
tinued as  such  superintendent  until  Maj',  1860,  when  Gen. 
Joseph  C.  Jackson  was  elected. 

Owing  to  the  call  for  his  services  in  another  field,  Ijy 
reason  of  the  breaking  out  of  the  rebellion,  he  left  after  one 
year's  services,  and  Mr.  Humphrey  R.  Fuller  was  elected 
in  May,  1861.  He  continued  as  such  superintendent  until 
his  removal  from  the  city,  in  1863.  During  tliis  period  the 
school  was  transferred  to  the  chapel  in  Mulberry  street, 
where  it  now  is. 

Mr.  Francis  N.  Torrey  succeeded  Mr.  Fuller  as  superin- 
tendent. 

At  this  time  the  average  attendance  was  one  hundred 
scholars,  twenty-fom-  teachers  and  officers. 

Mr.  ToiTcy  was  elected  superintendent  for  live  years  suc- 
cessively, but  in  September,  1869,  owing  to  his  ill  health, 
was    obliged    to    give    up,    and    Joseph    D.   Doty  acted  as 


40  REPORT  ON  SUNDAY  SCHOOLS. 

superintendent  the  remainder  of  that  year,  and  was  elected 
for  the  six  following  years. 

In  the  year  1871  it  was  resolved  tliat  tlie  cliapel  was 
dilapidated,  repulsive,  and  unwholesome,  and  efforts  were 
made  to  ohtain  new  accommodations. 

These  efforts  ended  in  the  refurnishing,  enlarging  and 
repairing  of  the  chapel,  at  an  expense  of  al)out  $1,800. 
The  funds  were  obtained  liy  great  sacrifices  on  the  part  of 
the  teachers,  aided  by  subscriptions  from  friends  in  the 
church  and  by  an  organ  concert  kindly  given  liy  Miss  Eliza- 
beth H.  Marsh,  which  extinguished  the  debt  wliicli  had  l)een 
crippling  their  usefulness. 

It  was  during  the  latter  part  of  this  pei'iod  that  tlie  con- 
vention at  Indianapolis  adopted  the  uniform  lessons  wliich 
have  so  sreatlv  adde<l  to  the  intei'est  and  utility  of  the  Sun- 
day  School. 

During  the  year  IBT-t,  owing  to  Mr.  Doty's  business  duties 
necessitating  his  frequent  absence,  Mr.  Daniel  Halsey  was 
elected  assistant  superintendent,  in  wliicli  otlice  he  lias  con- 
tinued nntil  the  present  time. 

At  the  annual  meeting  in  May,  1875,  Mr.  Doty  removing 
from  this  city  to  Philadelphia,  our  present  superintendent, 
Mr.  John  Y.  Foster,  was  elected,  and  has  been  (M)ntinued  in 
the  otlice  until  the  present  time. 

In  the  year  1876  it  became  necessary  to  enlarge  the  chapel 
a  second  time,  which  was  done  at  an  expense  of  about  $800. 
During  that  year  a  new  librai-y  was  procured  for  the  school, 
costing  $250,  and  a  new  organ — tlie  money  for  the  organ 
being  chiefly  given  by  two  of  our  present  teachers.  Over 
§1,100  was  raised  in  tliat  year  by  tlie  teachers,  with  very 
little  outside  help,  except  as  they  came  as  visitors  to  enter- 
tainments and  lectures  given  for  this  purpose. 

The  scliool  now  numbers  tifty  officers  and  teachers  and 
two  hundred  and  thirty-two  scholars,  including  an  infant 
class   of  about   seventy   scholars,   making   a   total   of  two 


REPORT    ON    SUNDAY    SCHOOLS.  41 

hundred  and  eighty-two — the  average  atten(hince  during 
the  hist  few  inontlis  l)eing  two  hundred  and  sixty-one. 

We  have  a  Dorcas  Society,  to  wliich  one  person  alone  lias 
contributed  tlie  sum  of  $100,  which  sum,  with  the  other 
contributions,  Ims  ]>o.eu  most  judicioush'  expended  mider  the 
direct  personal  supervision  of  the  society. 

Mention  nuist  be  made  of  oui-  weekly  prayer  meeting, 
wliich,  M'itliout  doubt,  has  Vieen  our  most  efficient  means  of 
producing  and  keeping  alive  the  interest  of  all  in  their  work. 
Here  have  we  taken  sweet  counsel  together ;  here  have  been 
strengthened  the  hands  which  hung  down;  here  liave  we 
found  cause  to  praise  Him  who  giveth  songs  in  tlie  night. 

THE    BENEFIT    ACCOMPLISHED. 

A  few  of  our  number  have  been  transferred  from  the 
Church  Militant  to  the  Church  Triumphant,  one  of  whom, 
E,ev.  Nathan  P.  Campiield,  here  first  received  his  cidl  to  the 
sacred  office.     The  names  of  others  are :     Alfred  E.  Allen, 

A.  E.  Ballard,  Jonathan  Bailey,  Crawford,  Walter 

Harris,  Lewis  Harris,  Simeon  Pierson,  Miss  Eliza  B.  Brown, 
Miss  Uruniiuoiid. 

At  no  time  have  we  seen  greater  reason  for  encourage- 
ment in  our  labors  than  at  the  present,  and  we  rest  confi- 
dently in  His  promise  who  said,  "  He  that  goetli  forth  and 
weepeth,  bearing  precious  seed,  shall  doubtless  come  again 
with  rejoicing,  bringing  his  sheaves  with  him'' — Ps.  cxxvi.  6. 

In  1780,  it  is  generally  believed,  Kobert  Raikes  com- 
menced the  Sunday  school.  A  hundred  years  have  not  yet 
passed,  ami  we  learn  from  the  statistics  of  tiie  convention 
held  at  Atlanta  that  the  Sunday  school  army  in  this  country 
and  Canada  now  numbers  6,843,997  scholars  (privates),  with 
894,793  teacliers  and  officers. 

What  a  matter  for  congratulation  to  every  true  patriot, 
philanthropist,  and  Christian. 

Now  that  the  Papal  power  and  the  Ottoman  Empii'e  are 
being  broken,  dotli  it  not  appear  that  the   stone   cut   out 


42  TRIBUTE  TO  THE  PASTOE. 

■witliont  hands  shall  become  a  great  mountain  and  fill  the 
whole  earth? 

The  following  affectionate  and  tender  trilmte  to  the  pastor 
from  the  superintendent  and  officers  and  all  the  teachers  of 
the  Mission  School,  and  signed  by  them  individually  in  the 
original  manuscript,  was  read  by  Mr.  Darlington.  It  is  too 
highly  appreciated  to  be  omitted  in  the  permanent  record  of 
the  transactions  of  this  memorable  occasion,  as  it  will  ever 
have  its  place  permanently  in  the  heart  of  its  grateful  re- 
cipient : 


Newark,  N.  J.,  Oct.  27,  1878. 
.Rev.  Jas.  P.  Wilson,  D.  D.  : 

The  undersigned,  ofiicers  and  teachers  of  the  Mission 
Sunday  School  of  the  South  Park  Presliyterian  Church, 
cannot  permit  this  anniversary  occasion  to  pass  without  giv- 
ing a  formal  expression  of  their  feeling  toward  you  as  their 
pastor  and  friend.  The  twenty-five  years  which  have 
elapsed  since  you  commenced  your  pastorate,  and  this  school 
started  on  its  career  of  usefulness,  have  been  memorable  in 
the  spiritual  history  of  nearly  all  of  us.  Some  of  us  have 
in  this  period,  through  your  influence,  been  brought,  as  we 
believe,  to  a  saving  knowledge  of  Christ,  and,  as  we  hope, 
to  an  acti\T.ty  not  altogether  fruitless  in  His  service.  Some 
of  us  have  labored  with  you  from  the  l:)eginuiug  in  the  work 
of  both  Church  and  Sunda}'  School.  AU  have  enjoyed,  tu-st 
or  last,  the  benefit  of  your  instructions  and  example.  We 
wish  now,  standing  amid  the  recollections  of  the  years  whose 
results  are  to-day  gathered  into  sheaf,  to  testify  om-  sense  of 
yom-  fidelity,  and  our  appreciation  of  the  value  of  your  work 
among  us  and  around  us.  You  have  maintained  the  stand- 
ards of  sound  doctrine ;  have  taught  and  illustrated  a  genu- 
ine, practical  piety ;  have  resisted  all  compromises  with  the 
spirit  of  worldliness;  have  faitlifully  warned  against  the 
Im'es  and  temptations,  especially,  that  lie  in  wait  for  the 
young. 

Twining  our  bit  of  rosemary  about  the  "  white  stone  "  of 
this  anniversary  day,  thankful  for  all  the  precious  memories 


TKtBUTE    TO    THE    PASTOR. 


43 


It  commemorates,  we  pray,  unitedly,  that  tlie  years  as  tliey 
<£0  may  bring  to  you  prospei'ity,  peace,  and  the  sohice  of 
that  perfect  trust  whicli  has  its  foundation  in  the  promises 
of  Him  wlio  never  forsakes  His  own. 


Very  sincerely  yours, 


John  Y.  Foster. 


Isaac  N.  Doty, 
Jean.  R.  Wliite, 
Arch'd  Parkliurst, 
Lizzie  Parkliurst, 
Thomas  Darlington, 
Mamie  Pierson, 
Alex.  T.  Looker, 
Thomas  Darlington,  Jr., 
George  W.  Howell, 
Helen  Wilson, 
Daniel  Halsey, 
W.  G.  Wagoner, 
Oscar  E.  Day, 
M.  B.  Gardner, 
Samuel  Clark, 
W.  A.  Thompson, 
E.  Alex.  Underwood, 


T.  W.  Disbrow, 

W.   C.  King, 

Mrs.   V.   N."  Wright, 

J.Wm.Tuttle, 

Lavinia  Morehouse, 

Lizzie  M.  Blake, 

Lizzie  Baldwin, 

Huldah  N.  Clark, 

M.  C.  Underwood, 

L.  A.  Doty, 

Mrs.  Wm.  A.  Thompson, 

Mary  A.  McDermit, 

Mary  C.  Johnson, 

M.  Cornelia  Brown, 

Maggie  Baird, 

Mrs.  Morehouse, 

Laura  E.  Foster. 


44:  TRIBUTE    TO    THE    PASTOR. 

AN  OFFERING  FROM  A  SUNDAY-SCHOOL  SCHOLAR  OF  THE  SOUTH  PARK 

CHURCH  TO  THE  PASTOR.  ON  THE  TWENTY-FIFTH 

ANNIVERSARY,  ISTS. 


I. 

The  silver  circle  closes  to-day 

Of  our  quarter-centnry  passed  away  ; 

We  meet  once  more  at  this  sacred  hour 

To  tbiink  the  Lord  for  the  strength  aud  power 

That  have  led  us  un  through  years  gone  by. 

Those  years  that  from  memory  never  die. 

II. 
"  Our  days  are  as  gi-ass,"  the  Psalmist  saith  ; 
For  what  is  our  life?— 'tis  Init  a  l)reath  ! 
A  few  short  days,  aud  tlie  race  is  run. 
Like  a  story  told,  a  sweet  song  sung ; 
The  words  lloat  by,  and  the  music  seems 
Like  far-off  melody  heard  in  dreams. 

III. 
Oh  !  friends  so  loved,  who  have  passed  away 
Like  moruing  mists  at  the  dawn  ot  day, 
Since,  under  the  ehu  trees'  peaceful  shade 
The  corner-stone  of  this  church  was  laid, 
Your  ransomed  spirits,  fair  and  bright. 
Are  watclnug  us  from  the  realms  of  light ! 

IV. 
The  years  of  the  past  are  dead  aud  gone ; 
The  preneiU  is  ours — we  journey  on. 
The  banner  of  Christ  in  hU  right  hand, 
Who  thro'  all  these  years  has  led  our  band  ; 
Whose  lo\'ing  voice  has  proclaimed  tlie  ti'uth 
In  the  ears  of  age  and  wayward  youth. 

V. 

Our  hearts  beat  quick,  aud  our  eyes  gi"ow  dim, 
As  we  think  of  all  oiu-  Ouide  has  been  ; 
He  has  helped  us  bear  our  griefs  and  cares 
By  kindly  counsel,  by  eaniest  prayers ; 
And  Ills  tender  words  sweet  comfort  brought 
To  the  aching  chords  of  the  moumer's  heart. 

VI. 

Our  youth  is  past — let  us  hasten  on. 

Still  looking  east  for  the  rosy  dawn  ; 

Still  pressing  on  through  the  future  years, 

"Till  the  Resurrection  mom  appears ; 

When  from  earth  this  church  of  ours  shall  rise 

To  the  Church  Triumphant  in  the  skies! 


EVENING  SERVICES,  SUNDAY,  OCT.  27TH. 


TWENTY-FIFTH  ANNIVERSARY  OF  THE  INSTALLATION  OF  THE  PASTOR. 

Ill  the  evening  a  great  congregation  assembled.  Every 
seat  in  the  spacious  edifice  was  filled,  and  chairs  were  placed 
in  the  aisles  to  accoiiimudate  the  throng  of  worshippers.  On 
the  platform  were  seated  Drs.  Wilson,  Stearns,  Few-Smith 
and  Brinsinade,  and  Rev.  Dr.  Wm.  Aikman,  who  were  the 
officiating  clergymen  at  the  installation  of  the  present  pastor, 
twenty-five  years  before. 

Tlie  exercises  commenced  with  the  singing  of  the  anthem, 
"  How  Lo\^ely  are  tlie  Messengers,"  by  the  numerous  clioir 
of  the  chnrcli,  after  wliicli  prayer  was  offered  b}'  Rev.  Dr. 
Taylor,  of  Clinton  Avenue  Reformed  Church.  Dr.  Wilson 
tlien  read  a  selection  from  tlie  Scriptures,  after  whicli  an 
original  liymn,  by  Rev.  Thos.  Hempstead,  was  sung.  It 
commenced  : 

"  Not  Uie  majestic  hills  aloue, 
Nor  glittering  worlds*  are  made  Thy  throne.'' 

These  interesting  services  were  followed  by  addresses 
from  tlie  clergymen  above-named.  These  addresses  were 
exceedingly  eloquent,  able  and  impressive. 

It  is  a  matter  of  great  and  lasting  regret  to  the  committee 
that  they  are  not  able  to  give  tlie  very  language  of  tlie 
sjieakers  in  full,  as  it  was  uttered  on  tiie  spot.  It  was  their 
intention  so  to  do,  and  arrangements  that  were  considered 
to'be  adequate  and  final  had  been  made  witli  an  experienced 
short-hand  writer  to  be  present  and  take  down  tlie  words  as 
they  fell  from  the  lips  of  the  distinguished  speakers.  But 
an    entirely    unforeseen  and  unexpected    event    at  the  last 


46  DR.    J.    F.    STEARNS'    ADDRESS. 

moment,  greatly  to  the  disappointment  of  the  committee, 
disconcerted  their  plans. 

The  address  of  the  Rev.  Dr.  Aikman,  tliongli  delivered- 
withont  notes,  was  fortunately  written  out,  and  was  kindly 
furnished  to  the  committee  for  publication.  This  we  are 
happy  to  give  in  full  as  it  was  delivered.  The  remarks  of 
all  the  other  speakers  we  are  able  only  to  present  in  a  frag- 
mentary foi'm,  as  they  could  be  gathered  from  the  news- 
papers and  from  the  recollection  of  tlie  gentlemen  themselves. 
But,  after  all,  it  is  only  a  meagre  outline,  a  mere  skeleton 
of  tlioughts  and  remarks  tliat  were  very  rich  and  suggestive, 
and  tliat  made  a  deep  and  evident  impression  on  the  minds 
and  hearts  of  the  crowded  assembly.  The  committee  regret 
that  they  can  not  give  them  to  the  public  in  a  complete 
form. 


DR.  J,  F.  STEARNS'  ADDRESS, 


Rev.  Dr.  Stearns,  pastor  of  the  First  Presbyterian  Church, 
made  the  first  address  of  the  evening.  He  said  that  for 
twenty-five  years  the  pastor  of  the  South  Park  Church  and 
himself  had  labored  side  by  side,  and  there  had  never  been 
a  jarring  note  in  their  intercourse. 

He  spoke  principally  in  regard  to  the  early  history  of  the 
church  in  which  he  was  standing.  When  he  first  came  to 
Newark,  in  the  Autumn  of  1849,  there  were  here,  of  the 
Presbyterian  denomination,  three  well-establisiied  and 
partially  endowed  churches,  viz.,  the  First,  Second  and 
Third.  A  fourth  (the  Central  Church)  was  self-support, 
ing,  but  liad  only  a  very  inadequate, house  of  worship. 


DR.    J.    F.    STEARNS'    ADDRESS.  47 

Three  otliers  were  just  struggling  into  existence — one  of 
them  already  organized,  havdng  a  pastor-elect  and  a  small 
house  of  worship,  built  partly  Viy  donations  from  the  mem- 
bers of  other  congregations,  but  not  yet  dedicated  ;  another 
(now  tlie  Park  Church)  organized,  and  holding  service  in 
Libi-ary  Hall ;  and  the  third  worshipping  in  a  small  frame 
building,  but  not  organized  as  a  church. 

There  were,  besides  these,  a  churcii  of  the  colored  people, 
very  weak  and  dependent,  and  a  small  nucleus  of  a  German 
congregation,  neither  of  them  having  a  permanent  house. 

All  tlie  pastors  in  active  service,  and  on  the  ground, 
except  one,  were  now  men,  strangers  to  their  congregations 
and  the  community,  and  strangers,  comparatively,  to  each 
other.  Yet,  the  speaker  said,  he  could  bear  witness  that 
they,  including  himself,  saw  eye  to  eye,  and  acted  hand  in 
hand 

It  was  shortly  after  this  that  the  proposal  to  attempt  the 
founding  of  another  new  Presbyterian  ('hnreli  began  to  be 
considered.  Some  people  thought  that  the  condition  of  the 
feebler  churches  hardly  justified  the  establislnnent  of  an- 
other. It  seemed  like  a  dangerous  experiment,  for  the 
population  of  Newark  then  was  less  than  40,000.  The  at- 
tempt was  made,  however,  to  meet  the  prospective  wants  of 
the  community,  especially  of  the  great  population  crowding 
and  forcing  its  way  into  the  limits  of  the  city. 

The  first  step  was  tlie  formation  of  the  Newark  City 
Mission  Society. 

This  churcii,  he  said,  was  in  a  measure  the  outcome  of 
that  society  which  had  erected  the  Mulberry  Street  Chapel. 
That  chapel,  by  agreement  with  the  subscribers  to  the 
building  fund,  reverted  to  the  South  Park  Church  when  it 
was  established.  The  Doctor  spoke  of  some  of  those  who 
first  took  an  active  interest  in  the  organization  of  the  new 
church,  and  of  the  grief  with  which  he  parted  from  those 
who  went  from  his  church  to  establish  this.  In  this  con- 
nection he  mentioned  the  names  of  John  P.  Jackson,  Sam'l 


48  DR.    J.    F.    STEARNS'    ADDEE8S. 

P.  Smith,  Aaron  Carter,  Jr.,  Asa  Whitehead,  Ira  M.  Har- 
rison, Captain  Ezra  Nye,  and  others,  who  had  been  members 
of  his  congregation.  In  all  twenty-nine  members  left  the 
First  Churcli  for  the  new  one,  and  among  them  he  conld  not 
refrain  from  paying  a  tribute  to  the  memory  of  Mrs.  Eliza 
Armstrong,  long  since  passed  away,  whom  he  spoke  of  as 
one  of  the  nolilest  women  in  the  community. 

Dr.  Stearns  produced  the  original  pencil  draught  of  the 
form  of  organization,  saying  he  little  expected  to  be  able  to 
show  it  to  such  a  congregation  as  this  so  many  years  after. 
He  said  twenty  nine  memljers  went  from  his  church,  twenty- 
one  from  the  Third  Church,  four  from  the  Sixth  Church, 
four  fi'om  the  Central  Churcli,  and  two  from  others. 

Tlie  South  Park  Cliurch  was  organized  on  the  20th  of 
March,  1853,  and  of  tliose  who  took  part  in  the  services  all 
but  one,  the  late  Dr.  Eddy,  were  pi-esent  at  this  twenty-fifth 
anniversary. 

Doctor  Stearns  spoke  of  his  experience  dui'ing  the  inter- 
vening years  since  he  took  part  in  that  oi-ganization,  and 
when  liis  remarks  were  ended  many  tearful  eyes  were  no- 
ticed in  the  congregation.  He  spoke  wdth  evident  emotion, 
tlie  anniversary  recalling  many  circumstances  in  his  career 
as  a  minister  in  this  city  which  Were  naturally  calculated  to 
tduch  the  tenderer  feelings  of  his  audience.  When  the 
church  whose  twenty-fifth  anniversary  was  being  celelirated 
was  born  he  was  a  pastor  in  this  city,  and  ever  since  he  has 
been  identified  with  the  religious  movements  connected  witli 
its  growth. 

Dr.  Stearns"  whole  address  was  touching  and  highly  in- 
structive, and  will  not  be  readily  forgotten. 


DR.  J.  FEW-SMITH'S  ADDRESS 


Rev.  Dr.  Few-Smith  spoke  eloquently  of  the  liistory  of 
the  South  Park  Clnirch,  and  of  the  good  feeling  and  pure 
motives  with  which  it  was  started.  Tlie  speaker  "  well 
remembered  tiie  installation  services,  whicli  took  place  in 
the  First  Presbyterian  Church,  and  the  trepidation  with 
which  he  delivered  the  charge  to  the  pastor,  the  learned 
Professor  Wilson." 

After  recalling  other  incidents,  the  Doctor  referred  to  the 
long  pastorates  in  Newark,  which,  lie  said,  reflected  credit 
alike  on  pastors  and  people,  and  for  which  he  gave  the  fol- 
lowing reasons  : 

1.  These  pastors  Iiave  faithfully  preached  the  simple 
ti'uths  of  the  Gospel  of  the  grace  of  God  ;  and  this  has  been 
tlie  sum  and  substance  of  their  pulpit  services. 

2.  They  have  been  remarkably  free  from  the  exciting  and 
injurious  sensationalism  of  the  times  on  the  one  hand,  and 
from  an  ultra-conservatism  on  the  otlier. 

3.  They  liave  also  been  wide  awake  to  passing  events,  to 
current  discussion,  and  to  the  spirit  of  the  age.  Tliey  have 
adapted  their  preaching  to  the  necessities  of  their  people, 
and  have  brought  tlie  great  and  ever-changing  phases  of  re- 
ligious thought,  public  morals,  and  social  life,  to  the  test 
of  the  Word^of  God. 

This  has  been  true  of  other  denominations  also.  (Here 
the  Doctor  paid  a  graceful  tribute  to  Kev.  Drs.  Scott,  Pol- 
hemus,  Rowland,  Cookman  and  Fish  ;  and  also  to  Arch- 
bishop Bailej'  and  Father  Moran  of  the  Roman  Catholic 
Church.) 


50  DK.    J.    FEW-SMITH'S    ADDKES8. 

4.  The  pastors  have  been  sustained  in  their  labors  by  con- 
gregations who  appreciate  all  this,  and  who  are  willing  to 
work ;  by  excellent  elders,  deacons  and  trustees,  and  by  a 
stable  and  church-going  people. 

Dr.  Few-Smith  closed  his  admirable  address  (of  which  we 
are  able  to  give  so  meagre  a  sketcli)  by  a  glance  into  the 
future  and  a  glowing  picture  of  what  this  church  would  yet 
accomplish  for  the  kingdom  of  Christ  and  the  salvation  of 
Bouls. 


REV.  DR,  BRINSMADE 

Spoke  of  the  memories  which  the  occasion  revived,  and 
thanked  heaven  that  he  had  been  permitted  to  be  pres- 
ent, little  as  he  anticipated  that  lie  would  be.  He  said 
he  was  "glad  to  be  permitted  to  say  a  few  words, 
and  to  speak  of  those  persons  who  were  either  of  the 
board  of  trustees  or  of  the  session,  who  have  gone  from 
among  us  and  '  do  rest  from  their  labors.'  I  knew  them, 
perhaps,  as  intimately  as  any  one  here  to-day,  and  I  am 
happy  to  pay  a  tribute  to  their  memories,  and  also  to  give 
thanks  to  God  for  His  goodness  and  grace  so  richly  bestowed 
upon  the  church  from  that  time  until  the  present,  and  ask 
for  the  continuance  of  the  same  rich  blessings."  Tlie  ten- 
der words  and  touching  reiminisceuces  of  the  aged  and  ven- 
erated speaker  deeply  affected  many  of  the  audience.  He 
seemed  to  stand  ready  and  waiting  his  departure,  which 
indeed  was  much  nearer  than  any  at  that  moment  antici- 
pated ;  for  in  less  than  three  months  his  spirit  winged  its 
everlasting  flight,  and  lie  had  entered  into  rest. 


DR,  WM,  AIRMAN'S  ADDRESS, 


My  Brother  and  my  Friends  :    ' 

I  feel  that  when  I  bring  to  you  my  warm  coiigratiilations 
to-night  that  I  must  also  congratulate  myself  on  having  the 
privilege  of  being  present  on  an  occasion  so  rare  and  so 
delightful.  When  your  letter  of  invitation,  after  some 
wandering  in  the  mails,  reached  me  a  few  days  ago  inviting 
me  to  be  here,  I  read  it  with  a  glow  of  pleasure,  both  because 
such  an  event  as  this  was  at  hand,  and  also  that  [  had  been 
thought  of  in  connection  with  it.  Had  there  been  nothing- 
else,  my  friends,  the  friendship  of  more  than  a  quarter  of  a 
century  which  I  have  been  permitted  to  have  with  your 
pastor  would  have  In'ought  me  hei'e.  As  the  years  go  on 
we  find  that  among  tlie  many  precious  things  which  God's 
providence  kindly  permits  us  to  liave,  not  the  least  sweet 
and  blessed  are  our  friendships.  He  who  can  clasp  the 
hand  of  a  friend  and  feel  the  electric  touch  of  the  old  affec- 
tion, as  it  is  softened  and  deepened  with  tiie  lapse  of  years, 
is  rich  indeed. 

So  it  was  that  when  I  received  your  invitation  to  be  here 
on  so  joyous  a  day,  there  was  nothing  for  me  but  to  come. 

"We  stand  and  talk  to-uigiit  (if  twenty-live  years  of  pas- 
toral and  church-work.  Happy  the  pastor  and  blessed  the 
people — and  few  such  there  are — who  are  nh\e  to  iiail  such 
an  anniversary  as  tliat  wliich  you  celebi-ate  !  I  l)ring  yon 
my  warmest  congratulations,  and  I  join  witli  you  in  tlianks 
to  the  Great  God  who  has  measured  tlie  3'ears  so  graciously 
to  you  both. 

Twenty-five  years  of  pastoral  and  church  life  I  We 
speak  the  words  easily,  but  what  a  wealtli  of  meaning  is  in 
tliem  !     Consider  tliem  in  tlie  view  of  the  intellectual  work 


52  DR.    WM.    AIRMAN'S    ADDRESS. 

whicli  they  have  witnessed.  Whatever  some  other  men 
may  think  of  tlie  work  of  a  preacher  and  a  pastor,  I  know 
well  that  your  minister  has  never  looked  upon  his  work  as 
an  easy  or  a  simple  one.  These  years  have  been  to  him 
years  of  work — I  will  use  the  stronger  word — they  have 
been  years  of  toil. 

To  have  been  for  twenty-five  years  abreast  of  this  age, 
amid  all  the  discoveries  and  advances  of  science,  amid  all 
the  overflowing  abundance  of  books,  in  a  time  when  the 
literature  of  every  subject  is  on  the  table  and  in  the  hands 
of  every  hearer — to  be  able  in  such  a  time  to  lead  the 
thought  of  a  congregation  such  as  has  gathered  within  these 
walls — all !  my  friends,  that  has  not  been  achieved  easily  or 
carelessly.  It  has  been  paid  for  by  toil.  Your  minister  has 
.gone  up  to  great  outlooks  and  seen  vast  prospects  witli 
mountain  ranges  and  cloud-covered  domes,  forests  and 
smiling  fields,  with  glimpses  into  unfathomable  skies ;  he  has 
come  back  and  told  you  of  it  all ;  but  that  lias  cost  labor 
of  climbing,  it  has  meant  steps  often  weary  with  the  journey. 
He  has  brought  trophies  and  spoils  to  you,  but  they  have 
been  from  hard-won  battlefields,  where  difliculties  and 
doubts  have  been  met  and  vanquished  ;  you  have  enjoyed 
the  spoils,  but  you  have  not  seen  the  sweat  of  the  conflict. 
He  has  rolled  treasures  at  your  feet,  but  it  lias  been  because 
he  has  gone  down  into  deep  mines  and  toiled  sometimes  in 
darkness  for  them.  He  lias  spread  feasts  before  you,  but 
only  because  he  has  sown  and  reaped  with  Spring  and 
Summer  toil. 

So  the  years  in  their  rich  fruitage  have  come  to  you,  but 
all  the  while  they  have  had  work  for  him,  and  who  can 
measure  their  priceless  value  for  that  { 

And  how  much  these  twenty-five  years  mean  when  you 
remember  what  they  have  done  for  you  in  the  domain  of 
thought  and  spiritual  experience  !  What  new  vistas  they 
have  opened  before  you,  what  new  insight  into  God's  word, 
what  new  views   of  Christ  and    His   salvation  ;  what  new 


DK.    WM.    AIKMAN'S    ADDRESS.  53 

hopes  have  they  awakened,  what  fears  have  tliey  quelled, 
what  fountains  of  love  and  joy  have  they  opened  !  Some 
of  their  influence  you  have  seen  and  understood,  and  have 
been  grateful  for  ;  but  probably  their  lai'gest  and  best  power 
have  never  been  l^y  you  appreciated  or  even  known ;  it  has 
touched  you  so  gently  and  noiselessly,  it  has  been  so  con- 
tiinious  and  regular  that  you  have  not  perhaps  recognized  it. 
But  it  has  been  none  tlie  less  powerful  for  that.  Twenty- 
five  years  of  influence  from  a  thoughtful  ministry  (aside 
from  its  spiritual  forces)  upon  individual  minds  and  hearts 
and  upon  familv  life  as  it  touches  them  not  only  in  supreme 
moments,  but  in  the  walk  of  ordinary  days,  may  well  chal- 
lenge our  profoundest  consideration. 

These  twenty-five  years,  too,  have  an  intense  meaning 
when  you  remember  that  they  have  been  for  you  twenty- 
five  years  of  love  and  sympathy.  During  them  all  you  have 
been  the  object  of  his  perpetual  solicitude  and  care.  You 
have  been  carried  in  the  heart  of  this  pastor.  Few,  I  am 
persuaded,  understand  what  tliis  is.  Here  is  a  part  of  a 
minister's  work  tliat  many  people  never  think  of.  •  You 
will  recall  a  scene  related  by  more  than  one  of  the  Evangel- 
ists, where,  at  the  close  of  a  day  of  labor,  as  the  sun  went 
down,  they  brought  the  devil-possessed,  the  sick  and  the 
sorrowing,  the  accumulated  suffering  of  a  whole  city,  and 
laid  it  upon  Clu'ist  the  Saviour.  I  think  it  was  an  eye-wit- 
ness that  narrated  it.  He  saw  the  look  of  mingled  pain  and 
weariness  that  came  over  tlie  face  of  Jesus,  and  the  old 
words  of  the  prophet  suggested  themselves :  "  Himself  took 
our  infirmities  and  bare  our  sicknesses."  A  true  pastor  un- 
derstands this.  It  is  his  work  to  sympathize  with  his  peo- 
ple, to  take  upon  him  their  griefs,  and  to  have  his  heart 
wrung  with  their  sorrows.  This  tells  upon  a  man.  Many 
a  time  he  comes  home,  all  weary  an<l  licart-sore,  from  some 
scene  of  suffering,  and  would  fain  in  sleep  find  relief.  .  It 
has  been  a  drain  upon  his  nervous  power,  upon  liis  life 
power.     The  good  shepherd  giveth  his  life  for  the  sheep. 


54  DK.    WM.    AIRMAN'S    ADDRESS. 

How,  my  friends,  you  have  gone  to  your  pastor ;  you 
have  taken  your  cares,  your  troubles,  your  anxieties,  your 
bereavements ;  you  have  taken  them  freely,  because  you 
knew  how  welcome  you  were  to  do  it ;  you  have  laid  them 
all  and  many  a  time  upon  him,  with  little  thought  what  it 
cost  him  to  receive  the  burden.  It  has  sometimes  been  an 
inexpressible  satisfaction  to  hun,  but  it  has  made  an  expen- 
diture of  which  possibly  you  may  not  have  dreamed.  How 
shall  we  estimate  twenty-five  years  of  affection  and  sympa- 
thy ?  Shall  I  take  jewels  and  spread  them  in  glittering 
beauty  before  you  to  pay  you  for  them  i  Ton  would  smile 
at  the  meaningless  return. 

But  I  will  not  pursue  these  thoughts.  I  am  aware  that  I 
am  here  not  simply  because  I  am  an  old  friend  of  your  pas- 
tor, but  because,  providentially,  I  had  a  part  in  the  organi- 
zation, by  the  Presbytery,  of  the  church.  It  was  an  humble 
part,  simply,  if  I  recall  it  rightly,  the  reading  of  a  passage 
of  Scripture.  But  I  remember  the  passage  which  I  read. 
It  was  that  in  Genesis  (12  :  1-9)  where  Abraham  is  called 
by  Jwliovah  to  leave  his  country  and  his  father's  house  and 
2:0  to  a  land  that  he  should  be  told  of,  and  where  it  is  said 
that  "  Abram  journeyed,  going  on  still  toward  the 
south."  The  Scripture  seemed  to  me  appropriate  to  the 
hour  when  some  of  you  were  leaving,  with  many  a  regret,  your 
old  church-homes  and  going  southward  to  make  a  new  one. 

I  knew  then,  and  I  know  now,  what  it  cost  you  to  leave  tlie 
place  where  your  fathers  worshipped,  near  which  your  revered 
dead  were  sleeping,  where  you  yourselves  had  been  baptized, 
and  where  you  had  publicly  confessed  the  Saviour  liefore 
men.  But  I  know  well  that  you  have  not  a  single  regret. 
J^o — no  !  you  have  only  joy  that  twenty-five  years  ago  you 
went  southward.  The  altar  of  sacrifice  has  become  a  temple, 
where  songs  and  hallowed  memories  are  ringing  like  an 
anthem  in  your  ears  to-night.  The  new  home  in  the  south 
country  has  been  blessed  to  you  and  yours  all  along  the  years. 

By  one  of  those  subtile  associations  which  ai-e  often  diffi- 
cult to  trace,  another  Scripture  comes  into  my  mind.     You 


DR.    WM.    AIKMAN'8    ADDRESS.  55 

will  remember  a  pleasant  story  of  some  thirty-three  hun- 
dred years  ago.  Canaan  had  been  conquered  and  the  allot- 
ments had  been  made.  Caleb  had  received  his  portion,  but 
in  it  was  Kirjath-Sepher,  a  stronghold  tliat  defied  liim. 
"  And  Caleb  said,  He  that  smitetli  Kirjath-Seplier  and 
taketh  it,  to  liini  will  I  give  Achsah,  my  daughter,  tu  wife."' 
(Jos.  15  :  16.)  Othniel,  tlie  son  of  Kenaz,  tooi<  it,  and 
Achsah  became  his  own.  The  young  wife  at  once  idcnti- 
iied  herself  with  her  husband's  interests,  and  with  lier  wifely 
devotion  and  womanly  tact,  she  comes  to  her  father.  It 
was  the  time  of  her  wedded  joy  and  his  triumph — a  good 
time  to  make  a  request — and  slie  said:  "Give  me  a  bless- 
ing ;  for  thou  hast  given  me  a  soutli  land  ;  give  me  also 
springs  of  water.  And  he  gave  her  the  upper  and  the 
nether  springs."  So  I  think  that  in  your  south-land  and 
besides  this  husband  there  has  l)een  walking  a  presence  tliat 
has  liad  the  same  wifely  devotion  and  that  has  been  a  per- 
petual petitioner  to  another  and  a  Heavenly  Father  for 
other  springs  of  water ;  and  the  fotintains  have  flowed 
forth  as  the  years  have  gone  in  l)lessiugs  for  you. 

Those  of  us  who  mark  the  sometimes  hidden  forces  of  this 
world  have  some  appreciation  of  woman's  power.  A  few 
days  since,  a  fi-iend  of  mine  whose  wife  had  a  little  while 
before  passed  into  the  silent  lieavens,  was  speaking  in  my 
hearing  of  the  work  whicli  nowadaj's  women  are  taking  so 
much  upon  themselves,  and,  expressing  the  fear  that  it  was 
not  all  wisely  done,  was  warning  us  not  to  be  carelessly 
putting  upon  them  the  burdens  of  the  Church.  Lest  any 
should  mistake  his  feeling,  he  said :  "  The  strongest  thing 
that  I  have  ever  leaned  against  was  a  woman,  and,"  he  softly 
added,  as  he  looked  half-dreamily  upwards,  "  I  lean  against 
her  still,  though  she  has  passed  beyond  my  present  sight." 
Here  among  you  have  been  twenty-five  years  of  gentle 
ministrations,  and  tliey  have  been  a  benediction  to  you  all. 

I  stand  here  with  peculiar  emotions.  If  there  are  times 
when  we  conceal  how  old  we  are,  it  were  useless  to  attempt 
it  to-night.     I  am  reminded  tliat  1  am  not  the  almost  boy 


56  DR.    WM.    AIRMAN'S    ADDEES8. 

that  I  was  when  I  took  part  in  the  service  which  we  now 
commemorate.  I  have  fovmd  myself,  as  I  liave  been  walk- 
ing your  streets,  looking  into  the  faces  of  the  middle-aged 
and  the  old  for  the  friends  of  those  days  when  I  had  my 
home  here.  I  glance  at  the  houses  as  I  pass  and  I  remem- 
ber those  who  had  their  homes  in  them,  and  whose  pleasant 
hospitalities  I  was  privileged  to  enjoy  in  tlie  by-gone  time  ; 
but  other  and  stranger  faces  look  from  the  windows.  I  miss 
the  old  and  liouored  faces  tliat  once  benignantly  greeted 
me.  I  miss  the  dark  and  lustrous  eyes  and  forms  that 
walked  in  their  womanly  heauty.  I  know  tliat  they  have 
vanished  from  the  earth.  So  my  thoughts  have  a  southward 
turning  to  the  land  of  more  than  tropic  beauty — 

"  Where  everlasting  Spring  abides, 
And  never  witliering  flowers — " 

to  tlie  land  where  we  do  not  grow  old  and  where  we  gather 
the  harvest  of  God's  grace  and  glory.  Blessed  be  God ! 
our  steps  are  turned  thither,  and  the  swiftly-flying  days  bear 
us  nearer  to  it.  We  will  not  be  despondent,  but  joyous 
only  to-night.  A  few  more  days  of  work,  and  then  the 
cloudless  land  I 

Take,  my  friends,  an  inspiration  from  this  anniversary. 
You  look  ]>ack  for  a  few  moments  (and  it  is  well)  from  this 
sunlit  lieight  at  the  past,  and  you  give  thanks ;  but  look  for- 
ward, too.  To  many  of  us  tliere  are  far  less  than  twenty- 
five  years  of  earth.  The  sun  has  over-passed  the  meridian, 
the  afternoon  is  upon  us.  It  is  well — only  well.  We  will, 
by  His  grace,  make  the  coming  days  more  full  of  work  for 
Him  to  whose  home  and  rest  yonder  we  go. 


After  singing  the  hymn,  "  Glorious  Things  of  Thee  are 
Spoken,"  a  collection  was  taken  up,  and  then  the  anthem, 
"  Oh  !  be  Joyful  in  the  Lord,"  was  effectively  rendered  by 
the  choir,  at  the  conclusion  of  which  the  benediction  was 
pronounced  and  the  great  assembly  was  dismissed. 


THE  HISTORICAL  EXERCISES. 


MONDAY    EVENING,    OCTOBER    28th,    1378. 


Another  very  large  audience  convened,  crowding  tlie 
building  in  every  part.  The  presiding  officer  of  the  eve^iing 
was  Mr.  Ira  M.  Harrison,  who  has  been  most  intimately 
identified  with  the  diurch  from  its  origin,  being  also  one  of 
the  original  members. 

The  exercises  opened  with  a  duet  and  chorus,  "  By  Thee 
with  Bliss,"  rendered  by  the  cliurch  choir  in  an  able  manner. 
Prayer  was  tlien  offered  by  Rev.  Dr.  Samuel  Hall,  after 
which  Mr.  John  P.  Jackson  read  the  history  of  tiie  church. 
It  was  elaborate,  and  exact,  and  exhaustive,  and  satisfied 
every  one  tliat  the  task  could  not  have  been  assigned  to  better 
hands,  Ijoth  for  its  literary  excellence  and  historical  accuracy. 
Tlie  numerous  incidents  worthy  of  note  in  tlie  church's  life 
of  twenty-five  years  were  related  with  gi-eat  skill,  and  ingen- 
uously woven  into  the  tliread  and  philosopliically  commented 
on.  The  attention  of  tlie  great  audience  was  closely  re- 
tained to  the  end,  and  favorable  expression  was  universal. 

At  the  close  of  the  historical  narrative  the  choir  and  con- 
gregation sang  "  Zion  Stands,"  and  a  ])rief  address  followed 
by  Mr.  S.  P.  Smith,  now  a  resident  of  Orange,  in  this  State, 
one  of  the  original  elders  of  tlie  church,  and  the  largest 
contributor  of  funds  to  the  erection  of  the  edifice,  recalling 
incidents  in  the  early  liistory  of  the  clnu'ch  known  to  but 
few,  and  worthy  of  remembrance.  An  interesting  and  com- 
plimentary address  was  also  made  by  Hon.  Nehemiah  Perry, 
whose  connection  with   the  church   datetl  back  almost  to  its 


58  MR.    JOHN    P.    JACKSON'S    ADDRESS. 

earliest  history,  and  wlio  has  ever  been  one  of  its  most 
ardent  and  consistent  supporters. 

At  the  conchision  of  these  addresses  the  anthem,  "  Et 
Kesurrexit,"  (Mozart)  was  snng  by  the  choir.  Otlier  brief 
addiesses  followed.  Mr.  John  Brisbin,  being  called  for  by 
the  presiding  officer,  rose,  and  after  premising  that  he  had 
little  to  say,  added  that  when  the  members  of  the  church 
had  paid  two-thirds  of  the  debt  on  the  church  building 
($7,000)  he  would  be  glad  to  pay  the  remaining  third.  Mr. 
Brisbin's  speech,  though  short,  was  evidently  considered  by 
the  audience  a  very  effective  one,  loud  and  long  applause 
following  the  noble  and  munificent  offer. 

After  Mr.  Brisbin's  pointed  and  available  speech,  the 
audience  united  with  the  choir  in  singing  "  I  love  Thy  king- 
dom. Lord,''  &c.,  and  were  dismissed  with  the  benediction 


HISTORICAL  ADDRESS  OF  JOHN  P.  JACKSON, 


The  nineteenth  day  of  April,  1852,  may  be  assigned  as 
the  date  of  the  first  formal  action  taken  for  the  constitution 
and  organization  of  the  South  Park  Presbyterian  Church 
of  Newark.  On  that  day  a  public  meeting  was  held  in  the 
Mulberry  street  chapel,  and  in  pursuance  of  a  previous  con- 
ference which  had  been  held  early  in  the  Spring,  at  which 
there  were  present  five  individuals  (Asa  Whitehead,  Samuel 
P.  Smith,  John  P.  Jackson,  Kev.  Wm.  Bradley,  Aaron 
Carter,  Jr.,)  who  for  a  long  time  had  taken  deep  interest 
in  the  formation  of  this  enterprise,  and  who  had  become 
impressed  with  the  sentiment  that  immediate  effort  should 
be  made  to  establish  another  Presbyterian  church  in  the 
southern  portion  of  the  city.      It  was  resolved  in  the  meet- 


MR.    JOHN    P.    JACKSON'S    ADDRESS.  59 

ing  at  tlie  chapel,  after  a  full  discussion,  that  it  was  the 
sense  of  those  present  tliat  the  erection  of  a  church  edifice 
in  the  vicinity  of  tlie  South  Park,  as  a  place  of  worship  for 
a  Presbyterian  coni;;regation,  was  greatly  needed,  and  that 
the  time  was  favorable  for  commencing  the  enterprise.  A 
large  committee  was  appointed  to  solicit  funds  and  to  com- 
mend the  object,  confidence  in  the  project  at  one  time  being 
so  depressed  as  to  threaten  an  abandonment.  After  several 
mouths  of  lal)or  they  felt  authorized  to  report  an  amount  of 
subscription  which  they  regarded  as  sufficient  to  insure  the 
success  of  the  project. 

Accordingly  anotlier  public  meeting  was  held  January 
seventeenth,  1853,  liicewise  in  the  Mulberry  street  chapel, 
and  a  committee  was  appointed  to  make  the  necessary 
arrangements  for  such  an  organization.  On  the  twenty- 
eighth  day  of  the  same  month  tlie  organization  was  duly 
effected,  and  a  certificate  of  incorporation  was  the  next  day 
filed  in  the  oflice  of  the  clerk  of  the  county,  setting  forth 
that  at  a  meeting  of  the  members  of  a  religious  society,  or 
congregation  of  Clu'istians,  held  in  the  Mulberry  street 
chapel,  in  the  Soutli  ward  of  the  city  of  Newark,  tlie  same 
being  their  usual  place  of  worship,  for  tiie  purpose  of  elect- 
ing trustees,  pursuant  to  the  law  of  the  State,  and  in  pursu- 
ance of  an  advertisement  and  notice  required  by  the  said 
law,  the  following  persons  were  duly  elected  trustees  of  said 
society :  Seth  W.  Magie,  Silas  Ford,  John  P.  Jackson, 
Aaron  Carter,  Jr.,  Ezra  Reeve,  Peter  G.  McDermit,  and 
Asa  "Whiteliead ;  that  they  assumed  the  corporate  name  of 
"  The  Trustees  of  the  South  Park  Presbyterian  Church." 
And  so  the  church  became  a  corporation  in  fact  and  in  law. 

The  trustees  immediately  appointed  a  committee,  consist- 
ing of  the  Rev.  William  Bradley,  Rev.  Samuel  L.  Tuttle, 
and  Messrs.  Samuel  P.  Smith,  Joiiii  P.  Jackson  and  Aaron 
C.  Johnson,  on  the  subject  of  the  organization  of  the  church, 
and  it  was  finally  resolved  that  tlie  proper  proceedings  to 
that    effect    should    take   place   in    the    First    Presbyterian 


60  MR.    JOHN    P.    JACKSON'S    ADDRESS. 

Church,  on  Sabbath  evening,  March  twentietli,  1853,  and 
that  the  church  sliould  be  connected  witli  the  Presbytery  of 
Newark.  At  that  time  and  phace  the  church  received  its 
spiritual  organization  at  tlie  liands  of  Rev.  Dr.  Stearns,  of 
the  First  Church,  assisted  by  Dr.  Few-Sniitli,  of  the  Second 
Church,  Dr.  Brinsniade,  of  the  Third  Clnirch,  Dr.  Eddy,  of 
the  Park  Cliurch,  and  Pev.  Mr.  William  Aikinan,  of  tlie 
Sixth  Church.  The  new  members  rose  and  renewed  their 
covenant,  and  immediately  thereafter  tlie  ruling  elders  were 
elected  and  set  apart,  the  first  session  being  composed  of 
Messrs.  S.  P.  Smith,  David  Joline,  Aaron  C.  Johnson,  Seth 
W.  Magie  and  Aaron  Carter,  Jr. 

The  organization  was  composed  in  its  spiritual  character 
of  members  who  came  from  several  of  the  churches  of  the 
city.  From  the  First  Presbyterian  Church  there  came 
twenty-nine  members ;  from  the  Third  Churcli,  twenty-one 
members ;  from  the  Si.xth  Presbyterian  Church,  four  mem- 
bers ;  from  the  First  Reformed  Dutcli  Clmrcli,  four  mem- 
bers ;  from  the  Park  Pj-esbyterian  Church,  two  members ; 
from  the  First  Congregational  Church,  two  members  ;  and 
one  from  tlie  Second  Presbyterian  Churcli. 

They  were  kindly  received  by  the  Newark  Presbytery, 
who  took  them  under  their  care  and  commended  their  enter- 
prise to  the  confidence  of  the  Christian  community. 

Thus  placed  on  its  temporal  and  spiritual  foundations,  the 
people  of  the  congregation  held  their  services  in  the  Mul- 
berry street  chapel  from  March  twentieth,  1853,  under  the 
ministrations  of  various  clergymen,  among  whom  were  the 
Rev.  Mr.  Goodenow,  tlie  City  Missionary,  and  Dr.  Asa  D. 
Smith,  Rev.  Mr.  Bradley,  and  others. 

After  the  lapse  of  a  few  months,  and  just  a  little  over 
twenty-five  years  ago,  a  call  was  extended  to  the  Rev.  James 
P.  Wilson,  D.  D.,  at  that  time  Professor  in  the  Union  The- 
ological Seminary,  New  York,  to  accept  the  pastorate  of  the 
church.  Happily,  as  we  believe  every  one  would  say,  for 
both  pastor  and  people,  the  call  was  accepted,  and  arrange- 


MR.    JOHN    P.    JACKSON'S    ADDKESS.  61 

meats  were  made  for  the  installatiou  of  the  pastor  at  as 
early  a  pei'iod  as  was  practicable,  and  the  time  was  fixed  for 
the  twenty-fifth  day  of  October,  1853. 

I  find  in  the  JVeioark  Dally  Admrtiser  of  Oct.  26th, 
1853,  the  following  acconnt  of  the  services  : 

"  Interesting  exercises  took  place  in  the  First  Presbyterian 
Church  last  evening  in  connection  with  the  installation  of 
Rev.  Dr.  Wilson  as  pastor  of  the  South  Park  Church. 
After  opening  exercises  by  Rev.  Mr.  Aikman,  the  venerable 
Dr.  Fisher,  of  Orange,  delivered  a  discourse  from  a  text  in 
Second  Corinthians  :  "  Who  is  sufficient  for  these  things." 
Explaining  the  context  and  applying  the  words  to  the  occa- 
sion, he  cUscussed,  1st,  The  nature  of  the  Christian  ministry  ; 
2d,  The  requisite  qualifications  for  a  discliarge  of  its  duties, 
which  were  stated  to  be  a  good,  honest  and  renewed  heart, 
and  proper  study  and  knowledge  of  general  subjects,  as  well 
as  of  systems  of  divinity  ;  3d,  The  duties  and  difticidties  of 
the  ministry,  several  of  which  were  detailed  with  appropri- 
ate reflections,  and  the  standard  of  ministerial  labor  properly 
illustrated. 

"Rev.  Mr.  Sherwood,  of  Bloonifield,  then  j^ut  the  consti- 
tutional questions  to  the  pastor-elect  and  the  church.  Rev. 
J.  Few-Smith  delivered  the  charge  to  the  pastor,  alluding 
to  the  peculiarities  of  jiis  situation  over  a  church  formed 
from  old  churches,  but  whose  character  he  was  mainly  to  be 
the  instrument  in  forming  ;  alluding,  also,  to  the  character 
and  necessities  of  our  population,  and  defining  at  length  the 
obligations  of  ministerial  duty.  Rev.  Dr.  Stearns  concluded 
the  excrc-ises  with  an  appropriate  and  interesting  charge  to 
the  people  of  the  church." 

While  we  are  speaking  of  the  formal  acts  and  the  dry 
records  of  a<!tual  proceedings  of  the  good  and  worthy  men 
who  were  foremost  in  setting  in  motion  the  machinery 
from  which'  was  evolved  this  beautiful  result,  we  should 
miss  the  half  of  the  history  of  the  real  spirit  of  the  work  if 
we  failed  to  recollect  the   unwritten   and   evanescent  parts. 


b5{  MR.    JOHN    P.    JACKSON'S    ADDRESS. 

These  were  the  long  and  prayerful  discussions  in  private 
households  or  in  small  circles,  in  which,  for  years  before  the 
consummation  of  their  desires,  not  only  these  men,  but  many 
zealous  and  high-spirited  women  also,  and  children,  too, 
became  deeply  interested.  Many  families  for  a  long 
period  held  the  subject  prominently  in  consideration  ;  de- 
liberations, at  which  lingering  attachments  for  old  associa- 
tions and  affectionate  regai'ds  for  former  pastors  and  the 
churches  of  their  infancy  or  spiritual  birth,  were  weighed 
against  the  inspirations  of  duty  and  the  laudable  desire  to 
provide  for  the  growing  emergencies  of  an  expanding  and 
vigorous  community.  Very  remarkable  was  this  practical 
prescience  of  the  men  and  women  of  that  age.  We  must 
remark  that  in  1853  the  population  of  the  whole  city  was 
less  than  50,000.  The  old  South  ward  comprised  all  of  the 
city  south  of  William  and  Ftiir  streets  and  west  of  the  rail- 
road, and  south  of  tlie  site  of  the  church  the  population  was 
ver}'  sparse.  So  limited  had  been  the  development  of  this 
section  that  Broad  street  was  not  yet  a  paved  liighway,  but 
stagnated  in  its  primitive  alternations  of  unid  and  dust.  Yet 
it  was  foreseen  that  with  the  prospects  then  so  auspiciously 
dawning  on  tlie  city  that  a  teeming  population  would  soon 
be  located  beyond  the  influence  of  and  remote  from  access  to 
any  Presbyterian  or  kindred  church  ;  and  tlie  broad,  stern, 
irrepressible  question  was,  whether  this  region  should  be 
handed  over  to  the  sport  of  chance,  or  whether,  through  self- 
denial,  hard  labor  and  well-organized  effort,  the  field  for 
culture  and  conservative  influences  should  be  prepared  and 
every  opportunity  that  man  could  devise  should  be  afforded 
to  build  up  a  happy  and  a  law-abiding  community  whose 
character  and  good  works  might  eventually  reflect  credit  upon 
the  whole  city  and  State.  Right  nobly  they  laid  the  founda- 
tions and  right  nobly  did  they  build  !  As  luis  well  been  said, 
"Not  in  any  unhappy  divisions  or  animosities,  but  in  the  im- 
pression that  it  was  needed  to  supply  an  existing  want,  and 
especially  to  provide  for  the  wants  of  a  rapidly-increasing 
population,"  did  South  Park  Church  have  its  origin. 


MB.    JOHN    P.    JACKSON'S    ADDRESS.  63 

Conceived  in  such  a  spirit — with  brave  men  and  women 
to  meet  and  share  the  burdens — resolved  on  personal  sacrifi- 
ces and  unlimited  efforts  to  secure  their  religious  home,  we 
may  now  look  back  and  wonder  tliat  any  temporary  embar- 
rassments or  dislieartenings  should  ever  have  overtaken 
them.  Such  indeed  there  were — as  probably  there  have  been 
in  all  human  enterprises — but  tlieir  faith  was  strong,  and 
their  confidence  remained  unsliaken  that  it  was  God's  work 
they  were  engaged  in,  and  that  as  this,  the  seed-time,  had 
evidently  arrived,  tlie  harvest  would  be  sure  not  to  fail. 

With  what  reverence  and  obedience  the  charges  delivered 
to  pastor  and  people  at  the  installation  exercises  have  been 
maintained  it  might  seem  boastful  in  us  to  speak.  Suffice 
it  now  to  make  an  extract  from  a  sermon  of  tlie  pastor,  de- 
livered many  years  after,  wliich,  altliough  lie  was  speaking 
from  liis  own  stand-point,  nevertheless  exhibits  correlative 
views  of  tlie  character  of  the  people,  and  evinces  a  condition 
of  mutual  sympathies  and  reciprocal  action  whicli  is  the 
highest  proof  of  mutual  love  and  reciprocal  respect.  He 
says  this  :  "  I  was  never  with  any  people  or  in  any  place 
where  I  felt  more  willing  to  live  and  work  ;  I  have  never 
been  with  any  people  more  kind,  more  noble  and  more 
cheerful  in  then-  voluntary  co-operation,  nor  with  any  to 
whom  I  am  more  attached ;  I  have  never  lived  in  a  more 
moral  community,  and  never  preached  to  a  more  considerate 
and  attentive  congregation." 

Henceforth  our  history  must  turn  from  time  to  time  to 
the  actions  of  the  three  different  component  parts  which 
make  up  every  Presbj'terian  societ}'  in  this  State,  for  it 
presents  a  three-fold  aspect.  First,  the  congregation  ;  sec- 
ondly, the  church,  strictly  so-called,  composed  of  those  enti- 
tled to  full  church  privileges,  and  whose  special  representa- 
tives are  the  pastor  and  the  session ;  third,  and  lastly,  the 
trustees  or  corporation. 

It  had  been  resolved  at  the  meeting  of  January  "ISth, 
1853,  that  a  budding  cunimittee  of  five  j>ersons  should  be 


64:  MR.    JOHN    P.    JACKSON'S    ADDRESS. 

appointed  to  act  in  concert  with  the  trustees.  With  an  idea 
of  immediate  transaction  of  business  a  common  seal  was 
was  adopted,  and  a  deed  of  conveyance  from  Samuel  B. 
Brown  to  tlie  church  for  the  consideration  of  $9,000  was 
obtained  for  the  lot  of  land  on  whicli  the  church  now  stands. 
But  a  mortgage  of  $7,500  was  given  for  part  of  the  consid- 
eration money. 

Plans  for  a  church  editice  were  soon  procured,  and  Mr. 
"Welsh,  the  architect  who  had  been  selected,  was  requested 
to  so  modify  the  plans  which  he  presented  as  to  secure  the 
erection  at  the  whole  cost  not  exceeding  $27,500.  By  the 
thirtieth  of  July,  1853,  less  than  six  months  after  the  incor- 
poration, contracts  for  the  work  were  ready.  David  Hen- 
derson received  the  contract  for  furnishing  the  stone  ;  James 
S.  Valentine  received  the  contract  for  stone-cutting ;  Jonas 
Reeve  for  the  mason-work  of  the  chui'ch  edifice ;  Ezra 
Keeve  for  the  carpenter- work,  and  J.  W.  Rice  &  Co.  for  the 
painting. 

The  minutes  of  the  trustees  reveal  tlie  fact  wliich  was 
probably  inseparable  from  the  difficulties  which  would  arise 
from  their  contracting  with  so  many  different  parties,  and, 
perhaps,  also  from  imperfect  understandings  with  their 
architect,  that  no  light  labors  and  no  exemption  from 
the  burdens  and  annoyances  incident  to  a  task  of  this  mag- 
nitude were  imposed  upon  them.  For  six  weeks  the  archi- 
tect was  absent  in  Europe ;  disappointment  and  dissatisfac- 
tion arose  with  the  delay  in  the  progress  of  the  work.  The 
stone,  which  was  to  be  furnished  from  Nova  Scotia,  came 
slowly  and  at  irregular  intervals ;  and  the  funds  which  were 
necessary  for  the  trustees  and  their  friends  in  the  congrega- 
tion to  meet  their  personal  pledges,  were  not  forthcoming 
with  the  expected  zeal.  Quite  often  the  leaders  of  the  en- 
terprise were  called  on  to  pledge  their  individual  credit  on 
their  respective  bonds  or  promissory  notes  to  supply  the 
moneys  which  were  expected  to  be  raised  from  the  contribu- 
tions among  the  people.     In  addition  to  the  expenses  of  the 


XH4.    JOHN    P.    JACKSON'S    ADDRESS.  65 

structure  the  trustees  undertook  a  contraet  for  the  or<>;an  of 
the  church  with  Messrs.  Hall  A:  La  Bagh,  of  New  York, 
and  the  items  of  fresco  work,  the  ti.xtures  and  tiie  furniture 
of  tlie  church  constantly'  added  to  the  list  of  expendi- 
tures and  increased  the  dithculties  of  providing  for  them 
And  yet  much  kindness  was  manifested  from  time;  to  time 
liy  those  not  connected  with  the  congregation,  and  it  is  evi- 
dent that  a  very  extended  sympathy  was  prevalent  among  a 
large  class  of  the  comnuuiity  who  felt  an  interest  in  the 
Presbyterian  cause,  or  who  were  anxious  for  tlie  prop(>r  de- 
velopment of  the  southern  portion  of  our  city,  or  who  had 
friends  more  or  less  prominent  in  various  departments  of 
the  church  service.  We  read,  May  eighteenth,  1854,  that 
the  trustees  were  informed  of  the  receipt  of  a  viduable  com- 
munion service  for  the  South  Park  Pi'esbyterian  Church, 
presented  by  the  ladies  connected  with  the  congregation  of 
the  First  Presbyterism  Church,  and  it  was  resolved  that  the 
pastor  draft  a  suital)le  ;tcknowledgment  for  this  elegant 
present.  AV^e  read.  May  fourth,  1855,  that  the  trustees 
halted  at  a  larger  annual  appropriation  of  $350  for  an  or- 
anist  and  conductor  of  music,  and  yet  expressions  are  found 
evincing  entire  approbation  of  the  rendering  of  this  import- 
ant branch  of  the  service  ;  tlie  fact  being  that  at  an  early 
period  of  the  church's  history  many  accomplished  individuals 
freely  tendered  their  services,  and  gave  a  decided  character 
for  commendal)le  performance  and  excellent  judgment  in 
the  department  of  church  nnisic. 

The  exercises  connected  with  laj'ing  the  c;orner-stone  of 
the  church  took  place  on  the  afternoon  of  October  29, 1853, 
in  the  presence  of  a  large  congregation  and  numerous  clergy- 
men. An  introductory  prayer  was  made  by  Kev.  Dr. 
Stearns,  after  which  a  hymn,  written  for  the  occasion  In' 
Dr.  Wilson,  was  sung  by  a  chorus  of  twelve  students  of  the 
Union  Theological  Seminary,  who  had  come  to  witness  the 
ceremoii}'  out  of  respect  to  their  former  teacher.  As  it  has 
not  been  published,  let  me  read  a  few  verses: 


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66  MR.    JOHN    P.    JACKSON'S    ADDRESS. 

LAYING  THE  CORNER-STONE  OF  SOL'TH  PARK  CHURCH. 
Hjmn.   L.  M.    [Oiigiual.]    J.  P.  W. 


Great  King  of  glory !  Triune  God  ! 

Eternity  is  Thine  abode. 
Tlie  Heaven  of  Heavens  Thy  Throne,  yet  we 

In  human  temples  worship  Thee. 

Jehovah  !  Father !  Friend  Divine ! 

For  Thee  we  rear  this  sacred  shrine ; 
With  pow'r  descend  and  own  the  place 

By  richest  tokens  of  Thy  grace. 

Jehovah !  Jesus  !  Lamb  of  God ! 

Thou  who  didst  shed  Thy  precious  blood, 
Be  Thou,  Oh  !  Great  Physician,  nigh, 

And  hear  Thy  people  when  they  cry. 

Jehovah !  Comforter !  In  love 

Send  light  and  mercy  from  above ; 
The  dead  awake — the  faint  revive. 

And  bid  the  sinking  spirit  live. 

Here  soothe  the  troubled,  anxious  breast. 

And  give  the  heavy-laden  rest ; 
Here  may  Thine  aid,  so  freely  given, 

Lead  weary,  Wandering  feet  to  Heaven. 

When  Time  and  Death  shall  cease  to  be. 

And  Heaven  breaks  forth  in  harmony, 
Let  mjnnads  swell  that  shining  throng 

"SMio  here  have  learned  th'  eternal  song. 

An  address  was  then  delivered  by  the  pastor,  Rev.  Dr. 
Wilson.  After  alluding  to  the  interesting  nature  of  the 
occasion,  he  spoke  of  the  peculiar  constitution  of  the  Pres- 
byterian Clmrch,  and  commended  this  institution  to  the  favor 
of  the  community.  The  remainder  of  the  exercises  were  to 
consist  of  remarks  on  depositing  a  tin  box  in  the  corner- 
stone, by  Rev.  Mr.  Tuttle ;  laying  the  stone,  and  remarks 
by  Dr.  Eddy ;  a  prayer,  by  Dr.  Scott ;  a  doxologj',  and  a 
benediction  by  Rev.  Mr.  Bradley-. 

The  contents  of  the  Ijox  were  as  follows :  A  Bible,  the 
Confession  of  Faith  and  the  Constitution  of  the  Presbyterian 
Church  in  the  United  States;  docmuents  relating  to  the 
congregation,  its  history,  names  of  officers  and  members ; 
copies  of  the  New  York  Evangelist,  Christian  Observer, 
New  York  Observer,  Journal  of  Commerce,  and  the  daily 


MR.    JOHN    P.    JACKSON'S    ADDEEBS.  67 

papers  of  this  city ;  a  letter  to  future  openers,  coins,  a 
slcetcli  of  the  history  of  Newark,  a  test  of  its  uistitutions, 
and  a  directory. 

When  completed  sufScieutly  for  dedication  services,  the 
structure,  though  quite  unfinished  externally,  called  forth 
general  connnemlation  from  an  intelligent  and  critical  puhlic. 
It  was  acknowledged  that  its  site  was  the  ver^  hest  that 
could  be  selected.  In  style  of  architecture,  a  sense  of  relief 
was  felt  at  the  emancipation  from  the  prevalent  routine  of 
Gothic  taste  which  almost  universally  had  governed  in  eccle- 
siastical edifices.  The  front  elevation  was  of  the  Grecian- 
Ionic  character.  The  interior  was  richly  ornamented  with 
moldings  and  paneling,  even  more  so  than  at  present,  some 
of  the  ornaments  having  since  been  removed.  The  lower 
range  of  columns  supporting  the  gallery  are  Doric,  and  those 
above  of  the  modern  Ionic  order.  The  whole  was  deemed 
very  interesting  as  a  development  of  the  resources  of  classical 
architecture  to  modern  wants  and  iisages.  For  comfort, 
convenience  and  cheerful  effect,  it  was  a  great  advance  upon 
the  stiff,  cold  and  repelling  specimens  of  building  which 
Presbyterian  and  some  other  denominations  had  been  in  the 
habit  of  favoring,  either  from  a  real  or  affected  dislike  to 
anything  artistic  or  estheticall}-  beautiful  in  or  about  their 
houses  of  worship.  The  cost  and  expenses  were  large — 
much  greater  than  was  originally  intended ;  but  as  has  been 
well  remarked,  our  fathers  "  erected  a  house  that  does  honor 
to  their  taste  and  sound  judgment  and  wise,  liberal  fore- 
cast," and  (if  that  time  "  for  beauty,  convenience  and  com- 
fort it  was,  perhaps,  unsurpassed  in  the  State." 

The  bidding  for  the  pews  is  related  to  have  been  quite 
spirited,  $20,000  having  been  realized  from  the  sale  of  fifty 
seats,  the  prices  varying  from  $150  to  §700,  and  one  brought 
a  premium  of  $300  over  its  assessed  value. 

At  a  later  period  we  read  that  a  citizen  (William  Rankin, 
Esq.,)  contributed  largely  for  the  ]iurchase  of  a  chunth  bell, 
and  manv  other   individual   doriations  and  manifestations  of 


68  .  MR.    JOHN    P.    JACKSON'S    ADDRESS. 

personal  interest  are  here  and  there  interspersed  in  the 
minutes  of  tlie  trustees  and  session  and  the  books  of  sub- 
scriptions to  tlie  chnrcli  funds. 

"When  the  time  appointed  for  the  dedication  of  the  new 
edifice  arrived,  viz.,  FelH-uary  fifteenth,  1855,  public  services 
were  held  in  tlie  afternoon  and  evening, .  the  first  sermon 
being  preached  by  the  Rev.  Dr.  Wilson,  the  second  by  tlie 
Kev.  Dr.  Stearns,  while  assistance  was  rendered  by  Dr. 
Eddy,  Dr.  Poor  and  Drs.  Robert  and  William  Aikman- 
The  work,  however,  was  not  entu-ely  finished  until  the  Fall 
of  1855.  November  twenty-fourth  of  that  year  it  appears 
the  building  had  approached  completion  sufliciently  to  insure 
the  loan  of  $12,000  from  tlie  Newark  Savings  Institution. 
The  old  mortgage  to  Mr.  Brown  had  been  cancelled,  and  a 
new  mortgage  was  authorized  to  secure  seven  bonds  of 
$1,000  each,  and  two  of  $500  each  were  taken  by  various 
members  of  the  congregation  to  aid  in  tlie  work,  most  of 
which  were  afterwards  given  back  to  the  church  as  subscrip- 
tions in  behalf  of  the  cause.  But  tlie  difficulty  in  raising 
sufficient  contributions  among  tlie  people  at  large  seems  still 
to  have  been  felt,  and  extra  meetings  of  the  whole  member- 
ship of  the  congregation  were  called  for  from  .January,  1856, 
on,  and  in  November  of  tlie  same  year  the  trustees  resolved 
that  unless  some  efficient  measures  could  be  devised  to  raise 
money,  common  honesty  required  that  the  work  then  being 
done  should  be  stopped  and  that  no  further  engagements 
should  be  made. 

But  still  the  work  went  on.  The  spirit  of  the  people, 
however  heavily  they  might  be  taxed,  was  still  equal  to  the 
emergency.  And  yet  it  is  not  without  a  sliadow  of  sadness 
that  we  see  here  and  there  in  tlie  minutes  of  tlie  trustees 
their  sincere  expressions  of  respoiisiliility,  and,  now  and  then, 
despondency,  in  view  of  the  debt  that  rested  upon  the 
clim'ch  and  its  strain  upon  the  resources  of  the  people.  The 
pew  rents  were  fixed  on  the  first  of  January,  1858,  at  ten 
per  centum  per  annum  of  their  apj^raised  value,  the  former 


ME.    JOHN    P.    JACKSON'S    ADDRESS.  Gli 

rate  having  been  seven  per  cent.,  and  subsequently  (Deeem- 
lier  tliirty-first,  1864,)  the  rate  was  raised  to  fifteen  percent. 
But  no  considerations  of  this  kind  even  with  their  large  con- 
tributions to  other  objects,  which  will  hereafter  be  noticed, 
dampened  the  enthusiasm  of  the  people.  Their  mission 
work  at  the  Mulberrj-  Street  Chapel  was  a  cherished  object 
of  their  attentions,  and,  November  twenty-eighth,  1856,  the 
session  record  that,  "  at  the  earnest  desu'e  and  suggestion  of 
the  pastor,  an  eftbrt  was  made  to  increase  the  number  of  the 
Sunday  School  pupils  under  the  care  of  the  churcli.  With 
a  view  to  this  a  meeting  was  called  of  those  who  were  M'ill- 
ing  to  engage  in  the  work  of  exploration,  and  the  whole  of 
the  southern  part  of  the  city  from  Walnut  street  was 
laid  off  into  districts,  and  thoroughly  explored.  Every 
liouso  and  family  were  visited,  and  any  child  that  did  not 
attend  a  Sunday  School  was  solicited  to  be  sent.  The  result 
was  an  addition  of  nearly  one  hundred  to  the  school ;  the 
whole  work  was  thoroughly  done,  and  new  zeal  imparted  to 
the  enterprise."  They  also  recorded  that  at  the  Chestnut 
Street  Railroad  Depot  a  flourishing  school,  composed  of 
children  of  poor  and  destitute  and  profligate  parents,  and  of 
children  of  no  parents,  the  refuse  of  a  city  population,  was 
maintained  under  the  most  active  and  eflicieut  management, 
with  an  average  attendance  of  about  one  hundred  scholars. 
At  that  time  the  church  instructed  more  than  four  hundred 
children  and  engaged  about  seventy  teachers.  Nor  did  the 
suffering  poor  fail  of  obtaining  consideration.  During  the 
panic  of  1857  especial  attention  was  aroused  in  the  montli 
of  November  in  anticipation  of  a  Winter  of  destitution,  and 
it  was  agreed  that  particular  attention  should  be  paid  to  the 
poor,  not  only  in  but  around  our  own  church,  while  at  the 
same  time  co-operating  M-ith  the  benevolent  in  their  efforts 
at  large  through  the  entire  community. 

During  the  great  revival  of  1858  the  church  largely 
shared  in  the  work  of  the  time,  and  it  was  remarkable  that 
the  spirit  of  the   teachings  which   had  commanded   respect 


70  MR.    .TOHN    P.    JACKSON'S    ADDRESS. 

and  approbation  from  the  pnlpit  of  this  church  was  closely 
in  harmony'  witli  the  strikino;  lessons  tliat  characterized  the 
remarkable  movement  of  that  year.  It  was  noted  by  tlie 
session  that  the  iinancial  revulsion  in  the  time  of  1857  had 
prepared  tlie  minds  of  men  to  consider  that  the  idols  they 
usually  worshipped  were  insufficient  to  secure  for  tliem  any 
abiding  satisfaction.  As  to  the  means  employed  there  were 
no  so-called  evangelists  or  revivalists  abroad  to  strike  the  curi- 
osity or  force  the  attention  of  the  people.  It  was  remarkable 
that  business  men  of  every  calling  and  profession,  with  tlieir 
sound  and  practical  ideas  of  right,  of  justice,  and  of  duty  to 
God  and  man,  were  instrumental  in  calling  the  attention  of 
thousands  of  tlieir  fellow-inen  to  tlieir  most  important  inter- 
ests. Another  feature  in  tlie  work  was  the  Christian  union 
or  fellowship  of  denominations,  the  cementing  of  the  great 
bond  of  common  lirotherhood  had  always  been  recognized  as 
a  desirable  end  to  be  attained,  and  it  would  be  difficult  to 
find  any  community  where  a  more  cordial  indorsement  has 
been  given  to  the  motto  promulgated  by  the  Evangelical 
Alliance,  namely,  "  In  essentials,  unity ;  in  non-essentials, 
liberty  ;  in  all  things,  charity." 

It  would  naturally  be  expected  the  next  year  was  bright 
in  the  calendar  of  generous  effort  and  contribution  ;  it  seemed 
the  time  had  come  when  every  effort  should  be  made  to  pay 
off  the  original  del^t  of  the  churcli  corporation,  whicli  now 
amounted  to  §19,500.  A  meeting  was  held  in  December, 
1858,  and  subscriptions  immediately  taken  amounting  in  all 
to  $11,000,  and  with  continued  effort  through  tlie  month  of 
March  following,  assurances  were  given  that  the  church 
would  be  relieved  of  delit,  and  at  the  same  time  §650  was 
contributed  for  the  High  Street  Churcli  and  §450  for  the 
Central  Church,  to  enable  them  to  liquidate  similar  indebt- 
edness. The  effort  was  a  noble,  and,  in  a  large  degree,  a 
successful  one  ;  but  time  revealed  the  fallacy  of  depending 
too  much  on  mere  promises  to  pay.  We  find  that  three 
years  later  a  committee  was  appointed  at  the  annual  meeting 


MR.    JOHN    P.    JACKSON'S    ADDRESS.  71 

of  the  congregation  held  December  tliirty-tirst,  1862,  for 
the  purpose  of  examining  and  investigating  the  financial 
matters  of  the  churcli,  and  particularly  to  ascertain  the 
exact  costs  of  the  church  edifice  and  all  things  pertaining 
thereto,  and  for  the  further  purpose  of  ascertaining  tlie 
exact  debt  of  the  chui'ch  and  the  amount  sul)scribed  to  pay 
it  off.  In  a  very  valuable  report  the  committee  state  that 
they  made  a  thorough  investigation  of  tlie  accounts  and 
books  of  the  treasurer,  and  also  of  the  vouchers,  and  that  the 
church  and  lot  cost  iu  the  aggregate  the  sum  of  $51,107.78. 
The  cost  of  the  lot  was  $9,000 ;  the  cost  of  the  church, 
including  the  marble  pulpit,  the  organ,  the  stained  glass, 
and  all  extra  woi'k,  liesides  the  architect's  fees,  was  within 
a  very  small  amount  of  $41,000,  the  remainder  of  the  ac- 
count of  the  aggregate  of  the  cost  being  for  items  of  interest 
and  moneys  borrowed,  insurance  and  other  incidentals.  The 
money  to  pay  this  came  from  the  following  sources : 

Individual  donations $30,914  20 

Collections  at  Dedication 195  19 

Special  subscriptions   from  various  parties 
towards  the  purchase  of  the  organ,  which 

cost  $3,000 1,000  00 

From   the  sale  of    the  old   Cliair  Factory 

which  stood  upon  tlie  church  lot 668  09 

From  the  sale  of  real  estate 1,459  81 

From  outside  contributions 515  00 


Then  there  were  seven  bonds  of  one  thousand  dollars 
which  were  sold,  and  $12,000  was  borrowed  from  the  New- 
ark Savings  Institution  on  a  mortgage,  and  a  profit  and 
loss  account  of  $355.49  completes  the  aggregate  of  money 
of  $54,107.78.  And  to  show  for  this  the  corporation  pos- 
sessed their  church  and  church  property,  and  also  the  Mul- 
berry Street  Chapel,  the  whole  subject  to  a  debt  of 
$19,355.49. 

And  then  they  reported  tliat  of  the  subscriptions  which 
had  been  made  tliree  years  before,  tliere  had  been  paid  the 


7y  MR.    JOHN    P.    JACKSON'S    ADDRESS. 

sum  of  §14,233.29,  which  aiuoimt  was  applied  in  the  main 
to  paying  off  the  church  debt,  but  also  in  part  to  paying  for 
some  expensive  repairs  and  additions  which  were  iinexpect- 
edlj  required  about  that  time  and  for  which  no  provision 
had  Ijeen  made.  But  the  great  desire  of  the  people  was  so 
far  consummated  as  that  the  debt  was  reduced  to  the  sum 
of  §9jOS9.00  ;  and  the  committee  seemed  to  be  of  the  opin- 
ion that  the  additional  amounts  that  would  be  realized  from 
subscriptions  and  the  ultimate  sale  or  disposal  of  the  Mul- 
berry Street  Chapel,  would  provide  ample  assets  to  cancel 
the  whole  obligation. 

This  committee  was  composed  of  Messrs.  Philip  Tilling- 
hast,  F.  Wolcott  Jackson  and  I.  M.  Harrison,  of  the  Board 
of  Trustees,  Carman  Eandolph  and  S.  H.  Terry,  of  the  lay 
members  of  the  congregation,  and  Messrs.  Seth  W.  Magie, 
and  Samuel  P.  Smitli,  of  the  session ;  and  their  report  forms  a 
valuable  document  for  future  reference,  full  of  interest  in  its 
details  and  evincing  a  broad  and  generous  spirit  in  dealing 
with  the  important  and  delicate  topics  which  necessarily 
came  before  them  for  adjudication. 

The  minutes  of  the  trustees  sliow  another  effort  was 
made  March  eighth,  1SG5,  to  liquidate  the  mortgage  on  the 
church,  then  amounting  to  §8,000,  which,  however,  does  not 
appear  to  have  been  successful  at  the  time ;  but  at  the  an- 
nual meeting,  held  Decend^er  thirty-first,  1866,  tlie  minutes 
show  that  a  subsequent  effort,  made  in  1866,  had  been 
crowned  with  success,  the  report  of  which  was  filed  at  the 
next  annual  meeting,  December  thirty-first,  1867.  A  gen- 
erous response  was  elicited  to  the  effort  of  the  trustees  of 
that  period,  and  the  whole  amount  was  raised  through  the 
energetic  labors  of  a  few  men.  It  was  a  time  of  great  re- 
joicing. For  tlie  first  time  in  its  history  the  church  was 
without  an  incumbrance. 

One  of  the  most  important  matters  outside  of  immediate 
church  effort  in  which  the  peojile  were  called  to  engage  was 
tlie  estaldishment  of  a  parsonage.  Prior  to  Decemlier  thirty- 
first,  1867,  the   subject   had    been  somewhat    discussed    in 


^        MR.    .TOHN    P.    JACKSON'S    ADDRESS.  73 

private,  but  on  that  day,  at  tlie  annual  meeting,  a  coinniittee 
was  appointed  to  consummate  the  purchase  of  a  parsonage 
at  a  price  not  to  exceed  $16,000,  of  which  $8,000  shouki  be 
raised  by  subscription  and  a  bond  and  mortgage  given  for 
the  balance.  Diu-ing  tiie  years  1S6S-9  this  subject  was 
constantly  in  tiic  minds  of  both  pastor  and  people,  and  the 
conviction  became  universal  tliat  the  dignity  and  good  name 
of  the  church  required  the  establishment  of  a  manse  in 
wliich  the  past(n-  should  be  guaranteed  a  comfortable  and 
lasting  home,  and  where  the  people  should  be  enc(juraged  to 
visit  with  gretiter  interest.  A  very  favorable  opportunity 
presented  itself  for  the  development  of  these  ideas,  when  the 
subject  of  the  memorial  fund  was  brought  to  the  considera- 
tion of  the  Presliyterian  Church  in  general  under  a  con- 
gratulatory order  wliicli  had  been  issued  by  the  General 
Assembly  of  the  Church,  calling  upon  every  organization  in 
a  spirit  of  thankfulness  for  the  union  which  had  been  ef- 
fected between  the  two  great  liranches,  or  schools  of  the 
Church,  to  aid  in  raising  a  great  token  or  testimonial,  each 
church  to  have  the  privilege  of.  devoting  the  sums  cou- 
tril)uted  by  it  to  certain  objects  within  a  range  prescribed 
by  tlie  General  Assembly.  It  was  ascertained  that  it 
would  fall  unquestionably  within  the  purview  of  the 
policy  marked  out  by  the  General  Assembly  if  contribu- 
tions raised  in  this  church  should  be  divided  ])etween  the 
establishment  of  a  par.sonage  and  rendering  of  assistance  to 
the  German  Evangelical  School,  these  two  objects  presenting, 
in  the  judgment  of  the  elders  and  trustees,  the  strongest 
claims,  unless  other  directions  for  the  funds  contriljuted 
should  be  prescribed  by  individual  donors.  Thereupon  the 
elders  and  trustees  appointed  a  committee  of  twelve  ladies 
and  twelve  gentlemen  to  call  upon  every  family  in  the  con- 
gregation and  leave  with  them  a  memorial  card  on  which 
the  names  of  the  different  members  of  the  family  should  be 
written,  with  the  sums  respectively  pledged  and  times  of 
payment  to  be  made.  Thepastoi-preaciied  a  sermon  on  the 
topic,  and,  in  a  practical    way,   lirouglit    the    whole    subject 


74  ME.    JOHN    P.    JACKSON'S    ADDKES8. 

before  the  minds  of  the  people,  that  there  might  be  a  full 
imderstanding  and  just  appreciation  of  its  importance.  The 
donors  of  the  fund  seemed  to  have  been  duly  impi-essed  with 
the  theme,  and  more  than  two-thirds  of  the  fund  raised  in 
this  church  was  especially  appropriated  to  the  parsonage. 
Additional  suljscriptions  were  made  by  a  few  liberal  men, 
and  a  lot  on  Spruce  street  was  purchased.  A  three-story 
brick  house  and  extension  was  erected,  and  the  church  not 
only  felt  honored  in  the  possession  of  a  creditable  and  ap- 
propriate manse,  but  also  rejoiced  in  the  discharge  of  a  duty 
which  for  a  long  time  had  seemed  incumbent  upon  them  of 
relieving  their  leader  from  the  disagreealjle  necessity  of 
moving  from  house  to  house  and  bartering  from  year  to 
year  for  the  price  of  his  shelter.  No  one  has  ever  regretted 
the  movement,  and  kindly  welcomes  and  genuine  hospitality 
have  always  cheered  the  visitors  of  the  pleasant  home  on 
Spruce  street. 

Tm-ning  back  a  few  years  to  take  up  once  more  the  his- 
tory of  the  church  structure,  it  deserves  to  be  noticed  that 
in  September,  1865,  a  meeting  of  the  trustees  was  called  to 
decide  about  building  the  Infant  Sunday  School  room  for 
Mrs.  Dr.  Wilson.  Tlie  amount  required  for  that  purpose 
having  been  raised  by  subscriptions  which  were  sufficient  to 
complete  at  least  one  story,  the  proposition  met  with  so 
much  favor  that  building  an  addition  was  subsequently 
ordered. 

The  church  having  been  entirely  relieved  of  its  debt,  the 
financial  wheels  ran  smoothly  to  the  middle  of  the  year 
1869,  when  it  was  found  necessary  to  authorize  a  mortgage 
of  two  thousand  dollars,  to  be  placed  upon  the  chapel,  dated 
July  fifth,  1869,  and  in  the  Winter  of  1870  the  same  unfor- 
tunate necessity  intervened,  and  another  mortgage  of  two 
thousand  dollars,  dated  December  seventh,  1870,  making  in  all 
four  thousand  dollars,  was  autliorized  to  be  placed  on  the 
chapel.  It  seems  always  to  have  l)eeu  the  policy  of  the  trus- 
tees, as  evinced  by  tlie  resolutions  passed  at  the  board 
meeting    and    ratified    by    the    congregation,    to    sell   the 


MR.    JOHN    P.    JACKSON'S    ADDRESS.  75 

Mulberry  street  proj)erty  if  a  satisfactor}-  offer  for  the  same 
should  be  received,  and  no  doubt  it  was  tlieir  hope  and 
expectation  tliat  from  the  sale  of  tlie  Mulberry  street  lands 
enough  miglit  be  realized  to  liquidate  the  amount  of  tlio 
mortgage  debt  and  secure  the  removal  and  erection  of  a 
building  on  some  less  valuable  land. 

It  is  a  matter  of  furtlier  regret  tiiat  we  have  to  record 
tliat  a  new  indebtedness  was  found  necessary  to  be  secured 
upon  the  church  property  October  third,  1872.  At  a  meet- 
ing of  the  session  and  trustees  held  tliat  day,  a  committee, 
which  had  been  appointed  on  alterations  of  the  clnn-ch  edi- 
fice, and  to  provide  means  to  pay  the  expenses  for  the  same, 
made  their  report.  The  matter  was  lield  under  advisement 
till  Novend)er  twelfth,  1872,  at  which  time  a  mortgage  for 
eight  thousand  dollars  was  authorized.  But  we  nmst  re- 
member that  this  was  the  period  of  high  valuations  and  gen- 
erally extended  prosperity,  and  it  was  supposed  that  but  a 
short  time  would  ehipse  before  the  total  mortgage  debt,  then 
as  now  amounting  to  820,000,  would  be  entirely  removed. 
The  next  year  was  tlie  year  of  tlie  financial  panic,  and  these, 
lilvc  many  other  hopes,  proved  illusoi-}'.  All  present  are 
familiar  with  the  exertions  put  fortii  during  the  past  year  to 
cancel  the  general  debt  of  the  cluu'ch,  and  tlie  committee, 
composed  of  the  trustees  and  seven  from  the  congregation, 
bent  their  whole  energies  to  the  devising  of  a  plan  to  obtain 
subscriptions  from  every  member  of  tlie  congregation,  to  be 
paid  in  weekly  contributions,  and  to  l)e  devoted  exclusively 
to  the  payment  of  past  indebtedness  and  interest  thereon,  it 
being  estimated  that  the  annual  pew  rents  would  meet  the 
current  expenses.  Notwithstandhig  the  stringenc^y  of  the 
times,  it  was  estimated  that  the  sum  of  88,000  of  the  old 
debt  would  be  paid  off  this  year,  and  Mr.  Jas.  E.  Harrison, 
special  treasurer  of  this  fund,  reports  that  §.5,894.29  had 
been  paid  in  October  twenty-first,  1878.  and  with  weekly- 
pay  contributions,  $6,200. 

We  must  now  look  back  a  few  years,  and  take  up  the 
history  of   the  management  of   the  chuicli  and  the  election 


76  ME.    JOHN    P.    JACKSON'S    ADDRESS. 

of  its  officers.  We  have  already  mentioned  the  names  of 
its  first  elders.  It  was  found  so  early  as  April,  1859,  that 
the  large  and  rapid  growth  of  the  congregation  rendered  it 
expedient  and  necessary  to  increase  the  eldership.  The 
election  was  held  May  first,  1859,  both  male  and  feuiale 
members  participating.  Messrs.  Ealph  Pierson,  Archibald 
Parkhurst  and  William  A.  Crane  were  then  chosen,  and  tliey 
were  solemnly  set  apart  in  the  manner  prescribed  in  tlie 
form  of  government.  On  Sunday  evening,  Jnne  nineteenth, 
a  sermon  was  preached  by  the  Eev.  Dr.  Few-Smith  on  the 
duties  of  the  eldership  and  the  qualifications  for  the  office, 
and  the  rest  of  the  services  were  performed  by  the  pastor. 

July  third,  1866,  a  new  necessity  was  experienced  for  an 
addition  to  the  eldership,  arising  from  the  increase  of  the 
members  of  the  church,  its  rapid  growth,  and  the  nudtiplic- 
ity  and  weight  of  the  duties.  On  this  occasion  Ira  M.  Har- 
rison, Francis  N.  Torrey,  Dr.  Addison  W.  AYoodluill  and 
F.  Wolcott  Jackson  were  elected.  The  latter  gentleman 
declined  to  serve  ;  the  others  were  set  apart  the  following 
Sunday  evening  according  to  the  prescribed  ceremony.  The 
onl}'  remaining  addition  to  the  eldership  was  made  May 
fii'st,  1872,  when  five  additional  members  were  unanimously 
elected,  namety,  Augustus  I.  Gillette,  Daniel  Halsej',  F. 
Wolcott  Jackson,  David  G.  Dodd,  Jr.,  and  Theodore  F. 
Johnson.  They  were  set  apart  May  fourteenth,  1872,  the 
Kev.  Dr.  Stearns  preaching  the  sermon  and  the  pastor  giv- 
ing the  charge  to  the  elders  and  the  people. 

We  have  also  given  a  list  of  the  first  board  of  trustees. 
Soon  after  their  organization  Mr.  Asa  Whitehead  was  made 
their  president,  Ira  M.  Hari-ison  the  treasurer,  and  Charles 
E.  Young  the  secretary.  Changes  have  been  made  from 
time  to  time  in  the  membership  of  the  board,  but  always 
with  a  kind  spirit,  the  controling  object  being  to  secure  the 
most  careful  management  of  the  temporalities  of  the  church 
without  casting  undue  burdens  on  the  shoulders  of  any.  The 
subsequent  presidents  of  the  trustees  were  John  P.  Jackson, 
in  the  year  1861;  Rodney  N".  Wilbur,   in  the  year  1862; 


SIB.    JOHN    P.    JACKSON'S    ADDKESS.  77 

Ira  M.  Harrison,  iu  the  year  1864  ;  Jolm  C.  Johnson,  in  the 
year  1865 ;  Silas  C.  Halsey,  in  1875  to  the  present  time. 
To  the  office  o£  treasurer  Aaron  M.  King  was  elected 
in  1863,  and  served  through  1867,  when  he  was  succeeded 
by  Leonard  P.  Brown,  who  still  retains  the  office.  In 
tlie  office  of  secretary  Charles  E.  Young  served  through 
1864,  when  he  was  succeeded  by  William  B.  Brokaw,  who, 
the  next  year,  was  succeeded  by  Charles  B.  Smith ;  F.  N. 
Torrey  was  elected  to  that  office  for  the  ne.xt  year,  1866,  and  he 
was  succeeded  in  1868  by  Silas  C.  Halsey,  on  whose  election 
to  the  presidency  of  the  board  Andrew  Lemassena,  Jr.,  was 
made  the  secretary,  and  holds  the  office  at  the  present  time. 

It  would  of  course  be  impossible  to  recount  tlie  individual 
services  of  all  who  have  liberally  given  their  talents  and 
means  to  further  the  interests  of  the  church ;  but  the  future 
historian  would  not  be  disappointed  in  his  expectation  of 
finding  among  the  list  of  trustees  aiid  officers  the  names  of 
many  prominent  men.  The  l)Ook  mentions  the  services  of 
Captain  Ezra  Nye,  Nehemiah  Perry,  John  Whitehead,  An- 
drew Lemassena,  Henry  N.  Parkhurst,  Dr.  Luther  Thomas, 
and  many  others.  It  would  be  pleasant  also  to  recount  a 
part  of  the  history  of  the  Mulberry  Street  Chapel  enterprise 
and  the  little  Sunday  ScliOol  in  tlie  railway  ears,  near  the 
Chestnut  street  railroad  depot,  so  far  l)ack  as  1851,  which,  in 
fact,  ^;?'ej5«?'efZ  tlie  way  and  proved  the  necessity  for  the 
grander  work  of  this  church.  Mr.  Thomas  H.  Darlington 
has  done  a  good  service  in  his  recent  history  of  this  depart- 
ment. And  the  numerous  works  of  benevolence  and  prac- 
tical support  which  tlie  ladies  of  the  church  have  engaged  in 
— theii'  successful  societies  and  fairs  and  special  efforts  in 
various  causes — all  are  worthy  of  notice  and  emulation,  and 
should  be  preserved  in  some  appropriate  records  for  the  ad- 
vantage of  future  guidance  as  well  as  the  proper  recognition 
of  faithfulness  in  the  jjast. 

It  nuist  be  the  work  of  some  more  expert  hands  to  prop- 
erly record  the  theological  position  and  history  of  this 
church.     But  to  the  compreliension  of  ordinary  lay   intelli- 


78  MR.    JOHN    P.    JACKSON'S    ADDRESS. 

gence,  it  is  obvious  that  this  cluirch,  in  its  creed  and  sympa- 
thies, its  views  of  tlie  relation  of  Church  and  State,  and  its 
position  respecting  the  great  mooted  points  of  theology,  is  a 
fair  rejDresentative  daughter  of  that  noble  mother  from 
whom  all  the  Presl)yterian  family  of  churches  in  this  town 
have  descended,  the  old  First  Church  of  Newark.  The 
people  have  been  more  like  those  taught  and  reared  in  the 
school  of  original  New  England  thought  than  in  the  school 
of  Scotch  thouglit.  Indeed,  the  gi'eater  part  of  the  Presby- 
terian connnunity  in  this  place  bears  the  impress  and  strik- 
ing character  of  the  old  Puritanic  spirit,  which,  wherever 
its  virtues  have  been  allowed  full  scope,  and  its  vices  (if  any 
there  are)  have  been  restrained,  has  been  more  conspicuous 
than  any  other  in  laying  the  foundations  of  all  enterprising, 
benevolent,  upright  and  high-toned  connnunities.  It  is 
always  interesting  to  trace  Ijack,  even  in  a  very  superficial 
way,  the  mental  and  metaphysical  history  of  any  class  of 
people,  and  we  accept  it  as  almost  axiomatic  that  the  teach- 
ing imA  preaching  which  any  commuiuty  receives  with  satis- 
faction not  only  bear  their  fruits  of  like  kind  and  character, 
but  they  furnish  the  very  best  standards  whereliy  to  esti- 
mate the  real  tone,  disposition  and  capacity  of  tlie  people 
themselves.  A  comnuinity  of  families  and  children,  who, 
from  generation  to  generation  sat  under  the  ministrations  of 
a  class  of  men  like  James  Richards,  Edward  D.  Griffin, 
Alexander  McWhorter,  Aaron  Burr,  Davis  and  the  two 
Abraham  Piersons,  must  have  been  inspired  not  only  'by 
daily  instruction  and  example,  but  also  by  all  the  force  of 
traditions  and  hereditary  preferences,  to  cling  fondly  and 
tenaciously  to  a  settled  code  of  principles  which  would  be- 
come lastingly  impressed  upon  them  by  the  advocacy  and 
support  of  these  vigorous  and  eminent  teachers.  It  has  been 
said  that  "  the  settlement  of  Newark  in  the  years  1666-7 
was  probably  the  last  attempt  to  realize  the  noble  dream  of 
the  old  Puritan  emigrants."*  The  first  minister  of  the  town, 
Rev.  Abraham  Piei'son,  who  was  the  first  pastor  of  the  First 

*Dr.  Stearns.  First  Church,  Newark,  p.  15. 


MK.    JOHN    P.    JACKSON'S    ADDKESS.  79 

Churcli,  and  whose  son  of  tlie  same  name  was  the  first 
President  of  Yale  College — of  whom  Cotton  Matlier  says : 
"  Wherever  he  came  he  shone  " — who  seems  to  have  been 
a  very  Puritan  of  the  Puritans,  wandered  in  liis  long  and 
laborious  life  from  Lynn,  Mass.,  Soutliampton,  L.  I.,  Stam- 
ford, Conn.,  till  he  finally  came  with  liis  flock  to  Newark  to 
enjoy  a  larger  liberty  to  pursue  tlieir  clierished  religious 
policy  tlian  seems  to  have  existed  in  old  Connecticut  itself. 
Witli  them  they  brought  the  largest Uhei'ty of  conscience,hxit 
the  strictest  condemnation  of  disorganizing  theories  or  in- 
fractions of  rules  of  order  and  pnljlic  right.  Gradually 
their  extreme  views  as  to  restricting  the  right  of  suffrage  in 
State  matters  to  Church  memhers  onhj  gave  way  to  more 
modern  and  perliaps  more  humane  standards  ;  but  as  has  been 
reuuirked  of  other  places  wliere  the  same  class  of  peoj)le 
chose  their  settlements,  "  Tlieir  Puritanic;  principles  made 
their  mark  on  the  civilization  and  morals  of  the  community 
that  lingers  even  to  tliis  day ;  and  for  purity  of  morals  and 
sobriety  of  life,  a  parallel  can  only  Ije  found  in  those  other 
places  where  dwell  the  descendants  of  tlie  Pilgrim  Fathers 
of  New  England."* 

Yet,  after  all,  as  we  luive  before  intimated,  we  must  look 
to  tlio  pulpit  as  furnisliing  the  best  evidence  of  the  spirit 
and  (character  of  the  people  ;  for  not  witliout  ascribing  too 
much  weight  to  tlie  reciprocal  influences  wliicli  exist  between 
pastor  and  people,  we  nmst  acknowledge  a  certain  leader- 
ship in  every  approved  pastoi-al  relation.  Generally  it  may 
be  said,  given  the  charatiter  of  the  leader,  the  character 
of  the  people  may  be  determined.  And  3'et  a  second 
thouglit  tells  us  it  is  hardly  fair  in  us  to  claim  so  nnich  on 
our  account,  in  view  of  wliat  all  nmst  recollect  from  the 
time  they  are  al)le  to  recollect  anytliing,  uamel}',  the  broad, 
generous,  charitable,  unswerving  piety,  that  lias  ever  been 
taught  faithfully,  conscientiously,  persistently,  from  this 
desk.  In  the  most  kindly  spirit,  encouragement  has  liere 
been  held  forth  to  all  humanity,  and  yet  no  flattei'ing  unction 

*HaveirB  Hist,  of  Southampton,  L.  I.,  p-  53, 


80  ME.    JOHN    P.    JACKSON'S    ADDRESS. 

tion  has  been  laid  to  au}'  soul.  For  a  quarter  of  a  century 
there  are  those  who  may  bear  witness  that  the  maxim  of  these 
teachings  might,  in  the  words  of  another,  be  thus  expressed  : 
"  look  forward,  not  backward  ;  look  upward,  not  downward  ; 
and  always  lend  a  hand," — yet  witli  all  that  is  cheering  and 
bright  in  sueli  presentations  of  trutli,  no  one  could  discover 
any  compromise  with  error,  oj'  confederacy  with  any  form 
of  guilt.  Liberal  in  philosophy,  and  enlightened  in  accept- 
ing the  deductions  and  discoveries  of  tlie  woi'ld's  pioneers  in 
scientific  research,  tliere  has  been  no  weak  surrender  here  to 
the  gross  demands  of  heresy  and  false  doctrine  or,  the  delu- 
sions of  science,  falsely  so-called.  No  materialism  or  tran- 
scendentalism, no  nihilism  or  pessimism,  nor  any  cold, 
uncharitable  consolation  in  the  theory  of  tlie  "  survival  of 
the  fittest,"  has  liere  found  any  favor  ;  but  the  warmer, 
more  genial  and  Christi;iii  jtrinciple  of  the  l_)rot]ierli(;od  of 
the  whole  race — tlie  brotherhood  of  the  weak  with  the 
strong,  of  the  poor  with  the  ricli,  of  the  happy  and  joyous 
with  the  unhappy  and  miserable — has  alwaj-s  been  advocated 
in  opposition  to  modern  skepticism  and  modern  selfishness. 
The  faith  of  the  olden  time  has  been  preserved.  In  all  the 
domestic  relations  of  life,  as  parents  and  children,  as  hus- 
bands and  wives,  as  brothers  and  sisters,  the  generation  of 
the  last  quarter-century  cannot  deny  that  they  have  been 
taught  the  most  refined,  considerate  and  elevating  standards 
of  action.  Nor  in  speaking  of  man's  duty  to  Ids  country, 
his  obligations  to  society  among  whom  he  dwells,  in  all  mat- 
ters of  patriotism,  and  love  for  law  and  order  and  right,  in 
rejoicing  over  the  triumphs  of  constitutional  liberty  and 
human  rights,  and  the  nation's  flag,  can  any  one  say  that 
the  voice  which  has  liecn  heard  from  this  pulpit  has  given 
any  imcertain,  or  indefinite,  or  wavering  sound. 

Long  ma}'  this  pleasant  and  profitable  relationship  exist, 
advantageous  we  dare  to  hope  both  for  the  shepherd  and 
the  flock,  and,  under  the  blessing  of  heaven,  not  wholly 
without  good  influences  emanating  therefrom  for  the  benefit 
of  the  world  and  society  around  us. 


SILVER  WEDDING  SOCIABLE, 


TUESDAY  EV'G,  OCTOBER  29tu. 


PltEt'lDlXG  OFFICE!!.        -  -  -        ANDUEW  I.EMASSENA,  Jit. 


Tlie  "  Silver  Wedding  of  tlie  South  Park  Churchy"  as  tlie 
Coiuiiiittee  of  Arrangeuients  preferred  to  designate  it,  drew 
togetlier  a  very  large  and  happy  concourse  of  all  the  present 
and  many  former  meml^ers  of  the  church  and  congregation. 
Handsomely  printed  notes  of  invitation  were  issued  to  all 
who  are  now  and  to  all  who  ever  were  members  of  the 
congregation.  It  is  believed  that  none  were  overlooked. 
Some  came  from  a  distance  in  order  to  be  present.  We 
quote  again  from  the  Daily  Advertiser  : 

"  The  early  part  of  the  evening  was  spent  in  congratula- 
tions to  Rev.  Dr.  Wilson  and  his  wife  socially,  as  the  meet- 
ing was  intended  to  have  the  general  character  of  a  pleasant 
reunion.  Mr.  Andrew  Lemassena,  Jr.,  presided,  and  the 
exercises  were  interspersed  \vith  vocal  and  instrumental 
music  by  Prof.  Huss,  the  iirst  organist  of  the  church,  and 
by  his  son  and  daugliter,  which  was  finely'  rendered.  Dr'. 
Wilson  made  a  brief  address,  reviewing  sunnnarily  the 
great  events  of  tlie  past  quarter-century,  especially  in  their 
scientific  and  intellectual  and  moral  aspects,  mentioning  the 
electric  telegrapli  and  Edison's  latest  inventions,  the  pro- 
gress of  missions  and  temperance  and  of  free  tliought  in  this 
country  and  in  other  parts  of  the  woi'ld,  the  aliolition  of 
slavery,  and  the  improving  relations  between  the  North  and 
South.  He  referred  to  tlie  chui'ch,  which  was  everything, 
while  he  himself  was  notliing." 

A  resolution  of  thanks  was  adopted  to  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Gregory  and  to  the  clioir  for  theii-  fine  music,  to  tlie  ladies 
of  the  committees  for  theii-  excellent  management  and  per- 
fection of  detail  in  the  various  duties  that  arose  from  their 
appointment,  to  the  gentlemen  who  acted  as  ushers  for  their 
prompt  discermnent  and  activity  in  attending  to  the  wants 
of  all,  and  to  the  public   for  their   unfiagging  interest   and 


82  8ILVEE    WEDDING    SOCIABLE. 

attendance  throughont,  which  contributed  so  much  to  tlie 
success  and  enjoyment  of  tlie  meetings. 

The  company  then  adjourned  to  rooms  in  the  rear  of  tlie 
main  assembly  room,  where  a  most  abundant  entertainment 
was  provided  by  the  liberality  of  the  ladies,  who  waited  on 
their  guests,  and  all  material  wants  were  more  than  sup- 
plied. The  evening  closed  with  the  pj-esentation  to  Dr.  and 
Mrs.  Wilson  of  a  beautiful  satchel,  containing  two  hundred 
silver  dollars,  on  behalf  of  the  ladies  of  the  congregation, 
by  Mrs.  David  C.  Dodd,  Jr. 


THE  SILVER  WEDDING  OF  THE  SUNDAY  SCHOOLS. 


WEDNESDAY  EVENING,  OCTOBER  30th. 


The  children  of  the  Sunday  Schools  assembled  in  the 
afternoon  and  evening,  and  were  treated  to  an  abundant 
supply  of  ice  cream  and  other  refreshments  furnished  by 
the  ladies,  and  good  cheer  and  merriment  were  the  order  of 
the  evening  until  the  hour  of  separation  came. 

Thus  ended  the  celebration  of  the  twenty-iifth  anniver- 
sary of  South  Park  Presbyterian  Church.  The  oljservance 
was  worthy  both  in  matter  and  manner  of  the  event,  and 
the  effect  was  equal  to  all  that  had  been  anticipated.  The 
church  tie  was  made  prominent,  and  the  social  relationship 
was  honored  and  cemented.  The  people  were  made  better 
acquainted.  New  interest  was  awakened  in  all  the  common 
enterprises  of  the  church,  and  the  members  were  drawn 
more  closely  together  in  their  sympathy  for  one  common 
object — to  build  up  the  Kingdom  of  Christ  and  save  the 
souls  of  men. 

When  the  semi-centenary  shall  arrive,  may  the  record  of 
the  next  twenty-five  years  be  still  brighter,  and  the  work 
and  zeal  and  piety  of  the  new  generation  far  exceed  that  of 
their  fathers,  and  abound  in  richer  fruits  for  the  life  ever- 
lasting ! 


CHURCH  MANUAL. 


FORM    OF    ADMISSION. 

{The  Minister  addresses  the  Candidates  in  the  following 
words  /)  You  have  presented  yourself  thus  publicly  before 
God,  to  take  His  covenant  upon  you,  and  definitely  to  incor- 
porate yourself  with  His  visible  people.  We  trust  you 
have  well  considered  the  nature  of  tliis  transaction.  God, 
and  the  holy  angels,  this  Church,  and  your  own  conscience, 
will  be  witnesses  of  your  engagements,  and  your  vows  will 
be  recorded  in  Heaven.  But  you  need  not  be  overwhelmed 
with  this  reflection.  In  the  name  of  Christ  j'ou  may  boldly 
approach  tlie  God  of  mercy,  wlio,  though  great  in  majesty 
and  might,  graciously  condescends  to  enter  into  covenant 
witli  penitent  sinners.  You  may  venture  tlius  irreversibly 
to  bind  yourself,  and  trust  His  faithfulness  for  strength  to 
fulfill  your  engagements. 

You  do  now,  witli  unfeigned  sorrow  and  self-abasement; 
confess  the  depravity  of  your  nature ;  the  total  alienation  of 
your  heart  from  God ;  the  unbelief  whereby  you  have  so 
long  rejected  the  Saviour,  and  the  manifold  transgressions 
of  your  life.  All  wliicli  sins,  witliout  exception,  you  do 
condemn  and  forever  renounce. 

In  the  presence  of  God,  angels  and  men,  j'ou  solemidy 
avouch  the  Lord  Jeliovah  as  your  God ;  tlie  Lord  Jesus 
Christ  as  your  Saviour  from  sin  and  death,  your  Prophet  to 
instruct  you,  your  Priest  to  atone  and  intercede  for  you, 
your  King  to  rule,  protect  and  enrich  you  ;  and  the  Holy 
Spirit  as  your  Sanctifier,  Comforter  and  Guide. 

Unto  this  Triune  God, — the  Father,"  Son  and  Holy  Ghost 
— ^you  do  now,  witliout  reserve,  give  yourself  forever  away  ; 
and  taking  the  Holy  Scriptures  as  your  rule  of  faith  and 


84:  CHURCH    MANUAL. 

life,  yon  promise  in  reliance  on  the  aids  of  the  Holy  Spirit 
to  obey  His  comniandinents,  devote  all  your  powers  to  His 
sei'vice,  abandon  sinful  pursuits  and  indulgences,  attend 
constantly  on  the  ministrations  of  tjie  word  and  the  ordi- 
nances of  the  Gospel,  and,  by  a  diligent  use  of  all  the 
means  of  grace,  seek  to  advance  your  own  soul  in  holiness, 
and  promote  the  piety  of  your  fellow  Christians  and  the 
conversion  of  sinners. 

You  bind  yourself  in  covenant  with  this  church  to  watch 
over  us  in  the  Lord,  seek  our  peace  and  edification,  conform 
to  the  rules  of  order  established  among  us,  maintain  the 
Confession  of  Faith,  and  submit  to  the  government  and 
discipline' of  Christ  as  here  administered.  This  you  sever- 
ally DECLARE  and  PROMISE. 

{Baptism  is  here  adininistered  to  those  ivJio  ham  not 
received  it ;  and  those  loho  have  are  thus  addressed, :) 

You  now,  having  been  baptized  in  infancy,  according  to 
the  provisions  of  that  covenant  which  includes  the  children 
of  believers  in  its  ample  privileges,  do  solenmly  confirm 
that  act  and  make  it  yours,  assuming  to  yourself  all  the 
vows  and  obligations  implied  in  it,  as  fully  as  if  the  outward 
sign  were  at  this  moment  administered. 

We  have  witnessed  from,  you  a  good  confession.  In 
view  of  it,  we  do  affectionately  receive  you  as  members  of 
this  church,  and  in  the  name  of  Christ,  declare  you  entitled 
to  all  its  privileges.  We  welcome  you  to  this  fellowship 
with  us  in  the  labors  and  blessings,  the  trials  and  the 
rewards  of  the  gospel,  and  engage  to  watch  over  you  with 
Christian  love  and  seek  your  edification.  Should  you  remove 
from  among  us  into  the  neighborhood  of  some  other  true 
and  faithful  church,  it  will  be  your  duty  to  seek  of  us  a 
recommendation  which  will  transfer  you  to  their  fellowship 
and  watch ;  for  hereafter  you  can  never  withdraw  from  the 
pale  of  the  visible  church,  nor  live  in  the  neglect  of  sealing 
ordinances  without  a  breach  of  covenant. 


CHnECH  MANUAL.  85 

And  now,  beloved  in  the  Lord,  let  it  be  impressed  upon 
yoxir  minds  tluit  you  have  entered  into  sacred  engagements 
from  which  yon  can  never  escape.  Wherever  yon  may  go, 
these  vows  will  be  ujion  you  through  life  ;  they  will  follow 
you  to  the  bar  of  God,  and,  in  whatever  world  you  may  be 
fixed,  they  will  abide  upon  you  forever,  l^ou  can  never 
again  he  as  you.  Imve  Ijeen  •  for  your  engagements  are  irre- 
vocable, and  henceforth  yon  must  be  the  servants  of  God. 
Through  all  your  course  the  eyes  of  the  world  will  be  upon 
you.  If  you  live  according  to  the  rules  of  the  Gospel,  you 
will  be  a  credit  and  a  comfort  to  the  Church ;  but  if  other- 
wise, you  will  be  to  them  a  grief  of  heart  and  a  vexation. 

"  But,  dearly  beloved,  we  hope  better  things  of  you,  and 
things  which  accompany  salvation,  though  we  thus  speak." 
May  the  Lord  strengthen  yon  and  conduct  you  in  safety 
tln-ough  this  transitory  life,  and  after  this  warfare  shall  be 
accomplished,  bring  us  all  together  into  that  blessed  Church 
where  our  connnnnion  and  joy  shall  be  perfected  forever. 
Amen. 

questions  for  self-examination. 

1.  Is  it  my  present  intention  and  aim  to  live  in  all  things 
as  becomes  the  Gospel  of  Christ  ?  Am  I  humble,  prayer- 
ful, and  sensitive  to  sin  ?  Am  I  sincerely  desirous  to  do 
whatever  God  requires  of  me  for  His  glory,  for  my  own 
spiritual  improvement,  and  for  the  eternal  welfare  of 
others  ? 

2.  Am  I  interested  in  the  Monthly  Concert  of  Prayer, 
and  in  the  Sabbath  School  l  And  do  I  make  it  a  matter  of 
conscience  to  attend  the  weekly  meetings  of  the  church,  as 
well  as  the  public  worship  of  Almighty  God,  in  the  sanctu- 
ary on  the  Sabbath — remembering  that  it  is  no  more  the 
Pastor's  duty  to  preach  than  it  is  mine  to  hear  ? 

3.  Do  I  read. the  Scriptures  with  devout  meditation,  and 
pray  daily  in  my  family  and  in  the  closet  ? 

4.  Are  my  conversation  and  my  life  sucli  as  to  help  or 
hinder  others  in  tlieir  journey  to  Heaven  ? 


86  CHURCH  MANUAL. 

5.  Do  I  keep  watch  over  1113'  tongue,  to  speak  ill  of  no 
one,  and  to  observe  the  law  of  kindness  ?  Do  I  check  the 
spirit  of  f ault-tiuding-  with  my  brother,  and  keep  under  my 
temper,  and  maintain  brotherly  kindness  and  charity  toward 
all  who  love  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ  * 

6.  Am  I  particular  in  keeping  holy  the  Sabbath,  in  re- 
fraining from  all  words  and  acts  inconsistent  with  the  sanc- 
tity of  that  day,  from  foolish  jesting,  worldly  conversation, 
business,  traveling,  etc.  ?  And  do  I  keep  its  hours  sacred, 
and  "  call  it  a  delight,  the  holy  of  the  Lord  ?" —  [Isa.  Iviii.: 
13.] 

7.  Are  my  children  baptized,  and  do  I  see  to  it  that  they 
are  instructed  in  the  truth,  earnestly  commended  to  God  in 
prayer,  placed  under  the  means  of  grace,  and  trained  f(jr 
eternity  ? 

8.  Do  I  take  my  part  in  the  benevolent  operations  of  the 
day,  and  as  a  faithful  steward  give  to  God  a  portion  of  that 
which  belongs  to  Him,  looking  to  the  accoimt  wliich  I  umst 
render  at  a  future  day  ? 

9.  Do  I  converse  with  impenitent  men  on  the  all-important 
subject  and  pray  foi-  their  conversion  ?  Is  there  any  one  in 
particulm'  for  whose  salvation  I  am  laboring,  and  whom  I 
hope  to  bring  to  Christ  ? 

10.  Do  I  persuade  those  who  neglect  religion  to  come  to 
the  house  of  God,  and  listen  to  the  Word,  that  they  may 
believe  and  be  saved  ? 

11.  Am  I  growing  in  grace?  And  if  the  Master  should 
suddenly  call  for  me,  shall  I  lie  found  watching  ? 

CHURCH    NOTICES. 

1.  The  Sacrament  of  the  Lord's  Supper  is  administered  on 
the  first  Sabbath  of  March,  June,  Septemlier  and  Decem- 
ber. Pei'sons  desiring  to  unite  with  the  cluirch  on  profes- 
sion of  their  faith,  should  make  their  purpose  kno\vn  to  the 
pastor  and  session  previous  to  the  Sabbath  preceding  the 
Communion. 


CHtTRCH  MANUAL.  87 

The  Preparatory  Service  is  held  on  the  Friday  evening 
before  Communion. 

2.  The  Baptism  of  chihh'eu  takes  phice  on  the  morning 
of  the  next  Sunday  after  Connnuuion.* 

3.  The  Monthly  Concert  of  Prayer  is  observed  on  the 
first  Tuesday  evening  of  every  month.  Tlie  collection  for 
Missions  is  taken  up  on  the  Sabbath  evening  previous,  and 
is  equally  divided  between  Home  and  Foreign  Missions. 

4.  The  General  Churcli  Praj^er  Meeting  is  held  on  Tues- 
day evening,  and  the  weekly  Lecture  is  held  on  Thursday 
evening. 

PASTOR'S  NOTICES. 

1.  It  is  proper  for  persons  who  are  seriously  sick  to  send 
for  the  Pastor  or  any  of  the  Elders  to  visit  them.  Tliere 
should  be  no  delay,  aud  the  pastor  should  not  be  left  to 
learn  the  fact  accidentally  or  from  mere  rumor. 

2.  When  there  are  cases  of  awakening  or  of  personal 
religious  interest  in  the  congregation  known  to  any  one,  the 
Pastor  earnestly  requests  the  members  of  the  churcli  to 
inform  liim  concerning  them. 

3.  When  any  of  the  congregation  change  their  place  of 
residence,  the  Pastor  desires  to  be  informed  of  it  as  soon  as 
convenient. 

PLAN    OF    BENEFICENCE. 

The  annexed  table  will  sliow  the  objects  tliat  are  deemed 
of  most  importance,  and  the  time  allotted  for  each  specific 
collection  which  will  be  taken  on  the  second  Sabbath  of  the 
month  : 
January,  ------  Foreign  Missions 

February,      ------  Snstentation  Fund 

March,      -----         Educ^ation  for  Ministry 

April,  ------     Newark  City   Mission 

May,  -------  Publication 

June, Bible  Society 

July,         ------         Churcli    Erection 

*  The  name  of  the  child,  the  time  of  its  hirth,  and  the  names  of  the  parents,  should  bo  writ- 
ten  on  a  slip  of  paper  and  handed  to  the  pastor. 


88  OHtJECH  MANUAL. 

August,         -         -  American  Seameu's  Friend  Society- 

September,  -  -  -  .  Ministerial  Relief  Fund 
October,  -  -  .  -  German  Tlieological  School 
November,  _--._.  Home  Missions 
Decemljer,    -         -----         -        Fi-eedmen 

"  Honour  the  Lord  witli  tiiy  substance,  and  with  the  ,fij'st 
fruits  of  all  thine  increase.'"     Prov.  iii.,  9. 

"  There  is  that  scattereth  and  yet  incredseth,  and  there  is 
that  withholdetli  more  than  is  meet,  hut  it  tendetli  to 
poverty." 

"And  he  that  watereth  shall  be  watered  also  himself." 
Prov.  xi.,  24-25. 

"  It  is  more  blessed  to  giiK  than  to  receive.''^    Acts  xx.,  35. 

"  Ye  know  tlie  grac^  of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ,  that 
though  He  was  rich,  yet  for  your  sakes  He  hecame  poor.'''' 
2  Cor.  viii.,  9. 

"  Let  this  mind  be  in  you  wliich  was  also  in  Christ 
Jesus."     Phil,  ii.,  5. 

0EGANIZATI0N8. 

Tlie  Church  Sunday  School  and  Bible  classes  are  held  on 
Sunday  afternoon.  The  Mission  Sunday  School  is  held  in 
the  chapel  on  Mulberry  street  at  2  o'clock  P.  M. 

Tlie  Missionary  Uni(.in  liolds  its  quarterly  meetings  in 
January,  April,  July  and  October.  The  anniversary  is  in 
Octolier. 

The  Ladies'  Association  meets  to  prepare  boxes  of  neces- 
sary articles  for  Home  Missionaries,  and  for  other  objects  of 
lienevolence  that  may  come  before  them. 

The  society  of  "  Woman's  work  for  Woman  in  foreign 
lands"  meets  quarterly  to  attend  to  their  special  objects. 

The  Ladies'  Aid  Society,  a  new  organization,  has  for  its 
object  to  assist  in  occasional  financial  efforts. 

Other  societies  connected  with  the  Mission  Scliool  and 
the  church  for  various  objects  hold  meetings  at  appointed 
times  and  places. 


MISSIONARY    UNION 

OF  THE 

SOUTH  PARK  PRESBYTERIAN   CHURCH. 

NEWARK,  N.  J. 

CONSTITUTION. 

ARTICLE    I. 

Tliis  Association  shall  be  called  the  "  Missionary  U^fIo^r 
OF  THE  South  Park  Presbyterian  Congregation  of 
Newark,  N.  J." 

ARTICLE  II. 

The  object  of  tliis  Association  shall  be  to  aid  tlic  canse  of 
Home  and  Foreign  Missions,  by  contributions  to  their  funds, 
and  by  the  acquisition  and  diffusion  of  knowledge  on  the 
subject  of  Missions. 

ARTICLE    III. 

The  officers  of  this  Association  shall  consist  of  a  Presi- 
dent, Secretary,  Treasurer,  and  an  Executive  Committee  of 
ten  persons,  two  from  each  of  the  following  bodies,  viz  :  the 
Session — the  Society  of  "Woman's  Work  for  Woman — the 
Ladies'  Association — the  Mission  Sunday  School,  and  the 
Church  Sunday  School. 

ARTICLE    IV. 

Any  person  contributing  annually  to  its  funds  shall  be 
considered  a  member  of  this  Association. 

ARTICLE    V. 

The  officers  shall  have  power  to  till  all  vacancies  tliat  ma}' 
occur  in  their  body,  and  manage  all  business  except  such  as 
shidl  be  acted  upon  by  the  Association  itself. 

ARTICLE    VI. 

Regular  meetings  of  the  Association  shall  be  lield  'on 
sotne  evening  in  the  last  week  of  January,  April,  July  and 
October  of  each  year,  for  tlie  purpose  of  receiving  state- 


90  coNSTrrtiTioif. 

ments  from  the  officers  of  the  condition  of  the  Association 
— making  appropriations  of  funds,  hearing  addresses,  essays 
or  communications  connected  with  missionary  operations,  &c. 

ARTICLE    VII. 

The  annual  meeting  of  the  Association  for  the  election  of 
officers  shall  be  held  on  some  evening  in  the  last  week  of 
October,  and  its  anniversary  shall  be  held  on  such  Sabbath 
evening  of  the  same  month  as  its  officers  may  select,  at 
which  time  reports  of  the  secretary  and  treasurer  shall  be 
presented,  giving  a  detailed  statement  of  the  operations  of 
the  Association  during  the  year. 

ARTICLE    VIII. 

This  constitution  may  be  altered  or  amended  only  by  a 
vote  of  two-thirds  of  the  members  present,  at  a  regular 
meeting  of  the  Association. 


OFFICERS. 


Rev.  J.  P.  Wilson,  D.  D.,  -  -  President. 

Samuel  Claek,  .  .  -  .       Secretary. 

Geo.  W.  Howell,  .  -  .  Treasurer. 


EXECUTIVE  COMMITTEE. 


CHUKCH    SESSION. 

F.  N.  ToEEEY,  A.  Parkhuest. 

woman's  woek  foe  woman. 
Mes.  J.  p.  Wilson,  Miss  E.  V.  Millee. 

ladies'  association. 
Mrs.  David  C.  Dodd,         Mes.  Iea  M.  Haerison. 

church  sabbath  school. 
David  C.  Dodd,  Je.,         Miss  Elizabeth  U.  Campfield. 

mission  sabbath  school. 
John  Y.  Foster,  Miss  Maet  Johnson. 


PRESENT  OFFICERS 

OF    THE 

CHURCH  AND  CONGREGATION. 


Pastoe  : 
Rev.  JAMES  P.  WILSON,  D.  D. 


LIST    OF    RULING    ELDERS. 


Samuel  P.  Smith. 

Seth  W.  IIaoie, 

Aaron  C.  Johnson, 

David  C.  Johne, 

Aabon  Carter,  Jr., 

Archibald  Parkhurst, 

Ralph  B.  Pierson, 

William  A.  Crane, 

Addison  W.  Woodhitll.  M.  D., 

Francis  N.  Torrey, 

Ira  M.  Harrison, 

David  C.  Dodd, 

F.  WoLCOTT  Jackson, 

AronsTHS  I.  Gillette, 

Daniel  Halset, 

Theodore  F.  Johnson, 


elected  March  20, 1S53, 


June  19,   1S59, 


dismissed  November  2U,  1SG8 

died  January        4,  1867 

September  27,  1874 

dismissed  1363 

*'        January      27,  1S.'>7 


"  died              April  3,  1871 

July  S.   1S66,  died             May  14,  1876 

May  1,  1872. 

"         "  died            October  3, 1877 

"         "  dismissed,  1875 


Silas  C.  Halsey,  President, 
Andrew  Lemassena,  Sec'y, 
Leonard  P.  Brown.  Treas., 


TRUSTEES. 

Henry  N.  Parkluirst, 
Jolin  P.  Jaekson, 
Isaac  N.  Doty. 


MEMBERS  AT  ORGANIZATION. 


Tlie  following  list  comprises  the  names  of  those  who  con- 
stituted the  Chnrcli  at  its  organization,  March  20,  1853  : 

'Denotes  Deceased.    tDenotes  Dismissed  to  another  church.    tDenotes  Dronpod. 
(wd.)  denotes  Widow ;    (w)  denotes  Wife. 

1853. 

Armstrong,  Eliza  J.,*  wd.  of  Anizi. 

Bailey,  Jonathan.* 

Bailey,  Abby,*  w.  of  Jonatlian. 

Bradley,  Elizabetli  A.,t  w.  of  Rev.  William. 

Brown,  Samuel  B.* 

Burnet,  James  H.* 

Burnet,  Zilphia  M.,*  w.  of  James  H. 

Caldwell,  Mary  Ann.f 

Carter,  Aaron  Jr.j 

Crane,  William  A. 

Crane,  Jane  T.,t  w.  of  Richard  T. 

Ford,  Silas.* 

Ford,  Susan  W.,*  w.  of  Silas. 

Harris,  Walter.* 

Harris,  Serena,  w.  of  Walter. 

Harrison,  Ira  M. 

Harrison,  Mary  G.,*  w.  of  Ira  M. 

Hastings,  Joseph. 

Hastings,  Phebe,  w.  of  Joseph. 

Jackson,  John  P.* 

Jackson,  Elizabetli  W.,*  w.  of  John  P. 

Jackson,  Joseph  C.f 

Jackson,  Hetty,  w.  of  Peter. 

Jackson,  Julia  H. 

Johnson,  Aaron  C* 

Johnson,  Catharine  M.,*  w.  of  Aaron  C. 

Johnson,  Matilda. 


MEMBEKS    AT    ORGANIZATION.  93 


Joliiie,  David  C.f 

Joline  Lucettii,*  w.  of  David  C. 

Kent,  Isaac-t 

Kent,  Mary  AV.,t  w.  of  Isaac. 

Lockhart,  George. f 

Loekliart;  Maria,*  w.  of  George. 

Lum,  Amos,  Jr. 

Lum,  Amanda,*  w.  of  Amos,  Jr. 

Magie,  Setli  W.* 

Magie,  Harriet,  wd.  of  Setii  W. 

Marsh,  Lewis. 

Marsh,  Ann  Rebecca,*  w.  of  Lewis. 

Mattoon,  Charles. 

Mattoon,  Phebe,  w.  of  Charles. 

McDermit,  Peter. 

Pierson,  Ralph  H.* 

Pierson,  Sarah  A.,*  w.  of  Ralph  H. 

Pierson  William. 

Pierson,  Hannali  M.,*  w.  of  William. 

Reeves,  Ezra. 

Reeves,  Nancy  M.,  w.  of  Ezra. 

Sayre,  Ezra  M.f 

Sayre,  Sarah  M.,t  w.  of  Ezra  M. 

Smith,  Samuel  P.f 

Smith,  Sarah  AV.,*  w.  of  Samuel  P. 

Smith,  James  P.* 

Smith,  Philo  W. 

Smith,  Amy  W.f 

Thatcher,  John.* 

Thatcher,  Eliza.,*  wd.  of  John. 

Trotter,  Laura. 

Tucker,  Joseph  S.* 

Tucker,  Elizabctli  W.,  w.  of  Joseph  S. 

Tuttle,  Amelia,*  w.  of  Rev.  S.  L.  Tuttle. 

Whitehead,  Mary  Ami  G.,*  w.  of  Asa. 


CATALOGUE 


OF    ALL    WHO    AKB    OR    HAVE    BEEN 


MEMBERS  OF  THE  SOUTH  PARK  PRES.  CHURCH, 


(    V  denotes  Received  on  Profession  of  Faith,  c  Received  on  Certiticate. 
Abbreviations  <     *        "       Died.               t  denotes  Dismised.  t  denotes  Dropped. 

(    w      "       Wife.  \\d.    "       Widow. 

xjiYTp  \  Received.        Departed. 

Abeel,  Mrs.  Meta,  w.  of  Gustavus p  1871 

Achor,  Mrs.  Jemima  H.| c  1856         1878 

Addey,  Henrietta,   (Mrs.  Fordf) c  1865  1867 

Ackerman,  Mrs.  John  B.f c  1855  1858 

Ackerman,  Mrs.   Eliza  G.* c  1855  1858 

Ackerman,  Georgianna c  1862Unkiiown 

Adams,  Mrs.  Sarah  A.* c  1861         1872 

Aikman,  Edward  G c   1877 

Aldridge,  Mrs.  Mary p  1877 

Allen,  Alfred  E.* c   1865         1874 

Allen,  Mrs.  Louisa,  w  of  A.  E p  1866 

Alvord,  Mrs.  Catharine c  1864 

Alvord,  Fannie  (Mrs.  Zeek) p  1864 

Armstrong,  Mi-s.  Eliza  J.,  wd* c  1853         1864 

Arnold,  James  A p  1856 

Arnold,  Mrs.  Mary  E.,  w.  of  J.  A p  1856 

Ashley,  Mi-s.  Amelia  P.* c  1855         1878 

Atchison,  John  P* c  1855         1855 

Atchison,  Mrs.  Pamelia,  w  of  John  P.f.  .  c  1855         1868 

Atchison,  Anna  M.,(Mrs.SimeonPierson)t  p  1855         1868 

Atchison,  Robert  R.f p  1858         1867 


CATALOGUE    OF    MEMBERS.  95 

NAME.  B.  Received.        Deported. 

Babbitt,  Stephen,! c  1855         1857 

Bailey,  Jonathan* c  1853         1871 

Bailej-,  Mrs.  Abby,*  w.  of  Jonathan c   1853  1864 

Baird,    Henry c  1864 

Baird,  Mrs.  Ann c  1864 

Baird,   Jennie p  1865 

Baird,  Maggie p  1874 

Baker,  Elihu   B p  1868 

Baker,  Mary  Jane,  w.  of  Elihu  B p  1854 

Baker,  Mrs.  Sarah  J.  Winans c  1866 

Baldwin,  Aaron* c  1860         1878 

Baldwin,  Elizabeth  O.,*  w.  of  Aaron c  1860         1875 

Baldwin,  Sarah  A.  (Mrs.  Isaac  M.  Miller)  p  1866 

Baldwin,  Abraham* c  1858  1863 

Baldwin,  Mrs.  Phebe,*  wd.  of  William  W.  c  1854         1856 

Baldwin,  Loiiisaf p  1858  1870 

Baldwin,  Sarah* c  1858  1868 

Baldwin,  Matilda  W p  1858 

Baldwin,  Elizabeth p  1862 

Baldwin,  John  M p  1858 

Baldwin,  Saniuelf c  1866  1877 

Baldwin,  Sylvia  A.,t  w.  of  Samuel c  1866         1877 

Ball,  J.  Emmonst c  1856  1868 

Ball,  Eliza  W.,t  w.  of  J.  E c  1856         1868 

Ball,  Mrs.  Harriet,t  w.  of  Alex.  M.  W. .  .  c  1855    '     1861 

Ball,  Maria  B.  (Mrs.  Wolf)t p  1858  1861 

Ball,  David  Alex p  1858 

Ball,  Elizabeth  V.  S.,  w.  of  William  H.  .  o  1867 

Ball,  Julia p  1 873 

Ballard,  Aaron  E* c  1864         1869 

Ballard,  Louisa,t  w.  of  A.  E c  1864         1870 

Barnes,  Georgef ' .  .  c  1857         1858 

Barnet,  David p  1867 

Bai-net,  Henrietta,  w.  of  David p  1867 

Bartram,  Mrs.  Eleanor  C,  w.  of  Josepli  B.  p  1872 


96  CATALOGUE    OF    MEMBERS. 

NAME.  Revived.        Departed. 

Bates,  Kebeccat p  1857         1858 

Beach,  Mrs.  Laura  C.f c  1875         1877 

Beam,  Antliony  C* p  1855          1870 

Beam,  Elizabeth  B.,t  w.  of  A.  C c  1854         1876 

Beam,  Kebecca  Louisaf c  1865         1871 

Beam,  Maria  Louisa,  w.  of  Peter  M c  1854 

Beam,  Isaiah c  1859 

Beam,  Emma,  w.  of  Isaiah c  1859 

Beam,  WilLard p  18715 

Beam,  Eebecca p  1873 

Beam,  Amelia p  1873 

Bearclsley,  Elizabeth  F.,*  w.  of  John  C.  .  p  1857         1876 

Beardsley,  Mrs.  Lizzie c  1872 

Benjamin,  Orrin  Chesterj p  1864          1868 

Benjamin,  Catharine  M.,t  w.  of  O.  C p  1864          1868 

Benrider,  Amelia p  1875 

Berry,  William  M.f p  1858          1858 

Bigelow,  Lucy  N.,t  w.  of  Samuel  F c  1861         1869 

Bird,  Charles  M o  1872 

Bird,  Jennie  E.,  w.  of  C.  M p  1872 

Black,  Hannah  K.,  w.  of  Joseph c  1863 

Blake,  William  M c  1S59 

Blake,  Rebecca,  w.  of  W.  M c  1859 

Blake,  Lizzie  M c  1876 

Blake,  Fannie  H c  1876 

Blauvelt,  Cornelia  F.,  wd.  of  Captain  B. .  c  1866 

Blauvelt,  Emma  Mary p  1875 

Bless,  Margaret,  w.  of  James  F c  1871 

Bond,  Davidt c  1854         1859 

Bond,  Mary,t  w.  of  David c  1854         1859 

Bond,  Eirnna,  w.  of  Theophilus c  1864 

Bond,  C.  Eugene p  1878 

Bonnell,  Ellis* c  1864         1871 

Bonnell,  Cliarlotte,  w.  of  Ellis c  1864 

Bonnell,  Bessie  B* p  1864         1870 


CATALAGUE    OF    MEMBERS.  97 

NAME.  \"u.^-        ^Ti'.'^' 

Bonnell,  Hannah  B* p  1864         1870 

Bonnell,  Corneliiif c  1861         1870 

Bonnell,  Helenf c  1858         1S65 

Bradley,  Elizabeth  A.,t  w.  of  Eev.  Wni..  c  1853          186'2 

Breath,  S.  A.,twd.  of  E.  Breath,  misVy.  c  1862         1866 

Breath,   Annaf p  1863         1 866 

Brisbin,  John o  1870 

Brisbin,  Adelia,*  w.  of  John c  1870         1878 

Brittin,  Virginia,  w.  of  "Walter  J c  1877 

Brokaw,  William  Vf c  1864          1870 

Brokaw,  Elizabeth  Ff c  1864          1870 

Brown,  Samuel  B* c  1853          1859 

Brown,  Elizabeth,  wd.  of  Daniel  C c  1854 

Brown,  Cornelia  M p  1861 

Brown,  Josiali  B.  (Rev.) c   1866 

Brown,  Theodore  Sf p  1856         1858 

Brown,  Eliza  B* p  1858         1862 

Brown,  Job  B* p  1858         1879 

Brown,  Christine  G.,  w.  of  Job  B p  1858 

Brown,  Leonard  P p  1858 

Brown,  Matilda,  w.  of  L.  P p  1868 

Brown,  Mary  C p  1875 

Bruen,  Mary  A.,*  w.  of  Daniel c  1856         1877 

Bryson,  John p  1858 

Bruce,  H.  M c  1868 

Bruce, w.  of  H.  M c  1868 

Bruce,  Ellen  M p  1873 

Buckbee,  AbraJiam  R p  1866 

Burdick,  Sarah  J* p  1858          1863 

Burnet,  James  H* o  1853         1 868 

Burnet,  Ziphia  M.,*  w.  of  James  H c   1853          1862 

Burnet,  Catharine,*  wd.  of  William c  1853          1855 

Burnet,  Elizabeth  Hf c  1853         1857 

Burton,  Helen,  wd.  of  Johnj c   1857          1871 


98  CATALOGUE    OF    MEMBERS. 

NAME  O,  Received.        Departed. 

Caldwell,  Mary  Ann* c  1853  1872 

Campbell,  Jennie  C.  (Mrs.Oba  Woodruff)!  p  1858         1864 
Camptield,HiirnetS.,*w.of  Rev.  Robert  B  c  1854         1860 

Canipfield,  Elizabeth  V c  1854 

Campfield,  Nathan  P.  (Rev.) p  1858  1862 

Cainptield,  Mary  R.  (Mrs.  Selover)! p  1858         1S67 

Campfield,  Hattie p  1868 

Canfield,  Halsey  C* p  1867         1871 

Cannon,  Fanny,*  vpd.  of  James c  1855  1861 

Carter,  Aaron,  Jrf c  1853  1857 

Carpenter  John  S c  1875 

Carpenter,  Alice  D.,    vf.  of  J.   S c  1875 

Cary,  Nathaniel* c  1858         1869 

Cary,  Matilda,t  w.  of  Nathaniel c   1858  1869 

Cary,  Matildaf c  1858  1869 

Charters,  James c  1864 

Charters,  Frances  E.,  w.  of  James c  1864 

Christie,  Pauline p  1866 

Clapp,  George  S p  1866 

Clapp,  Fanny  W.,  w.  of  G.  S p  1867 

Clark,  Samuel* p  1854 

Clark,  Mary,*  w.  of  Samuel c  1854  1876 

Clark,  Arthur  B.,  (returned  1879)t p  1858         1865 

Clark,  Mary  R.,  w.  of  Arthur  D c  1879 

Clark,  Samuel p  1858         1858 

Clark,  Huldah p  1864 

Clark,  Jane  N.  (Mrs.  G.  Roubaud)t p  1862         1869 

Clark,  Frank  P c  1878 

Cleriliew,  Fanny  J, I  w.  of  Charles  M...  .    c  1873  1877 

Cobb,  Alexander! c  1856         1869 

Cobb,  Clara  D.,*  w.  of  Alex c  1856         1871 

Cobb,  George  B p  1864 

Coes,  Eliza,t  wd.  of  Samuel  B c  1862         1871 

Colton,  Lovice.t  wd.  of  James c  1859         1865 

Colton,  Emmaf o  1859  1865 


CATALAGUE    OF    MEMBERS.  99 


■vTAxfT?  Uofoivfcl.        Depart  L'tl. 

^*"^-  A.  1).  A.  D. 


Conant,  Sylvester  T c  1869 

Couunt,  Sarah  B.,  w.  of  S.  T e  1869 

Conaut,  Elizabeth  Lee,  w.  of  Charles  B..  c  1870 

Condit,  Silas  B.f c  1858          1859 

Coiulit,  Marjt  w.  of  S.  B c  1858         1859 

Condit,  Alice  B.f p  1858         1859 

Congar,  Mrs.  Marvt f  1859          1866 

Comiet,  Mary  P p  1856 

Conuet,  Emily  H.t  w.  of  William c  1862         1878 

Conover,  Garret  V.  D.* p  1876         1877 

CoDover,  Louisa  H.,  wd.  of  G.  V.  D p  1876 

Consylea,  Louisa  (Mrs.  Potter)t c  1860          1872 

Cooper,  Henrietta,  w.  of  Sylvanns c  1867 

Cooper,  L-enfeus p  1875 

Cooper,  Ida p  1876 

Corwin,  Edward  M p  1866 

Congiilin,  Lucy  l).,t  w.  of  Wyuant p  1858          1864 

Couglilin,  Elizabeth,  w.  of  Nicholas p  1858 

Couglilin,  Theodore p  1858 

Crane,  William  A.  (Elder) c  1853 

Crane,  Mary  M.,  w.  of  W.  A c  1858 

Crane,  S.  Henry c  1867 

Crane,  L-ene  J.,*  w.  of  S.  Henry c  1867         1878 

Crane,  Charlotte,t  wd.  of  Obadiah c  1855          1858 

Crane,  Rachel  H.f c  1855         1858 

Crane,  J.  T.,t  w.  of  Richard  T c  1853         1856 

Crane,  Joanna  L.  (Mrs.  Baldwin) p  1871 

Crane,  Phebe  C p  1871 

Crane,  William  E p  1871 

Crittenden,  E.  I.  W.f  w.  of  Rev.  Sam'l  W.  v  1872  1876 

Crittenden,  Martha  P.f c  1872          1876 

Crittenden,  Joel  Parkert c  1872          1874 

Grossman,  Maline  B c  1855 

Crossman,  Sarah  Ann,*  w.  of  M.  B p  1855         1868 

Crump,  Samuelf c  1862  1863 


100  CATALOGUE    OF    MEMBERS. 

^AMP  Received.       Departed. 

'^"'-  A.D.  A.D. 

Cudebeck,  Richardf c  1865         1872 

Cudebeck,  Margaret  E-.f  w.  of  Richard. .  c  1865         1872 

Curtis,  Anna  Maria c  1858 

Curtis,  Julia  (Mrs.  Eoby) c  1858 

D 

Dalrymple,  Mrs.  Josepliinet c  1868         1876 

Darcy,  Miss  Mary  Caroline c  1872 

Darling,  Mary  A.,t  w.  of  Henry  G c  1853 

Darling,  Samuel  St c  1854 

Darling,  James  E c  1871 

Darling,  Martha,  \v.  of  J.  E c  1871 

Darling,  Amanda  C  ,  w.  of  Albert p  1871 

Darlington,   Thomas o  1868 

Darlington,  Hannah,  w.  of  Thomas c  1868 

Darlington,  James  L p  1871 

Darlington,  Jr.,  Thomas p  1873 

Darlington,  Charles p  1873 

Darlington,  Augustus p  1877 

Davis,  Julia  K.f  wd c  1875         1878 

Day,  James  Herveyf p  1864 

Day,  Oscar p  1870 

De  Camp,  Randolph  D.f c  1864         1866 

De  Camp,  Henrietta,!  w.  of  R.  D c  1864         1866 

De  Camp,  Elizabethf c  1864         1866 

De  Camp,  Jeannettef p  1864         1866 

De  Camp,  Chilion  F.* c  1866         1876 

De  Camp,  Lydia,  w.  of  C.  F c  1866 

De  Camp.  Cornelia* c  1866  1867 

De  Camp,  Electa c  1866 

De  Camp,  Ella c  1866 

De  Camp,  Laura c  1866 

De  Camp,  Adeline p  1875 

De  Camp,  Whitfield p  1867 

De  Camp,  Louisa,  w.   of  Whitfield o  1867 


CATALOGUE    OF    MEMBERS.  101 


^:  i  .1  p  Received.        Dennrted. 

-^'^*"'-  A.  D.  A.  I). 


De  Camp,  Mary,  w.  of  Maurice  F c  1865 

De  Camp,  Florence p  187-1 

Denmaii,  Artlmr  Price c  1877 

Deiiman,  Richard  N c  1877 

Demnan, ,  w.  of  Richard  N c  1877 

Denny,  Louis  B c  1878 

•Dillingham,  Edward  R.t c  1856 

Dillingham,  Susan  S.,t  w.  of  E.  R c   1856 

Dillingham,  Sarah  C.t c  1853  1862 

Dimmick,  Mrs.  S.  E c  1875 

Dimmick,  Kate c  1875 

Disbrow,  Fannie  W p  1873 

Dishrow,  Elizabeth  S.f c  1871         1874 

Disbrow,  William  Stephen! p  1873         1877 

Dodd,  Susan  J.,*  w.  of  Dr.  Bethuel c  1855         1870 

Dodd,  William  Henry  Connet c  1858 

Dodd,  Sarah  Elizabeth,  w.  of  W.  H.  C.  .  c  1858 

Dodd,  Ida p  1876 

Dodd,  James  C c  1872 

Dodd,  Elizabeth,*  w.  of  J.  C c  1872         1877 

Dodd,  David  C.  (Elder) c  1872 

Dodd,  Adeline  R.,  w.  of  D.  C c  1872 

Dodd,  Jeannie p  1872 

Dodd,  James p  1875 

Dolbeer,  Phebc,*  wd.  of  John c  1854         1878 

Doty,  Celia,  w.  of  Steplien  H c  1857 

Doty,  Joscpli  D.t c  1862  1876 

Doty,  Addle  E.  S.,t  w.  of  J.  D c  1862         1876 

Doty,  Isaac  N p  1 856 

Doty,  Lydia  A p  1856 

Downing,  Josephine,  w.  of  John  C c  1875 

Dunham,  Mar}'  Ann,  w.  of  Ednnnid c  1865 

Durand,  Phebe,t  w.  of  Cyrus c  1854         1867 

Diiy,  Helen  C.  (Mrs.  Leyy)t p  1864  1878 

Diiy,  Mary  F.  (Mrs.  Belcher)t c  1873         1878 

Dwight,  Susan,*  w.  of  Rev.  James  H.  .  .  o  1856 


102  CATALOGUE    OF    MEMBERS. 

NAME.  E.  Received.        Departed. 

Earle,  John p  1870 

Earle,  Mary  H c  1867 

Earl,  Abbie,  w.  of  William  H r  1868 

Elston,  William  H.* p  1867         1874 

Elston,  Sarah  E.,  w.  of  William  H p  1864 

Ely,  Caleb  H.* c  1860         1867 

Ely,  Mrs.  Selina,  w.  of  Caleb  H c  1860 

Ely,  Francis  E.f c  1860         1873 

Ely,  Julia  P.  (Mrs.  Sbafeer)t o  1860         1863 

Ely,  Emma  A.* v.  1860         1865 

Emerson,  Phebe,  w.  of  Samuel  G c  1854 

F. 

Fielding,  Frederit-kf p  1858  1864 

Fielding,  Fannie,t  w.  of  Thomas c  1858         1862 

Fielding,  C.  B.,t  wd.  of  William c  1858         1862 

Fielding,  Frances  B.t p  1858         1862 

Filter,  S   A c  1862Unknown 

Fisher,  Fletcher  L c  1876 

Fisher,  Louisa  G.,  w.  of  F.  L p  1869 

FitzGerald,  E.  M.f c  1868         1869 

FitzGerald,  Mary  E.,t  w.  of  E.  M c  1868         1869 

Fletcher,  Edward  C p  1873 

Ford,  Silas* c  1853         1867 

Ford,  Susan,*  w.  of  Silas c  1853         1856 

Ford,  Susan  A.  (Mrs.  Sherman)! p  1858         1870 

Ford,  Charlotte  (Mrs.  Tomlinson)t p  1858         1870 

Foster,  John  Y < p  1858 

Foster,  Cornelia  M.,  w.  of  John  Y c  1858 

Foster,  Laura  B p  1874 

Francisco,  Mrs.  Sarah c  1879 

Freeman,  Huntingdon  W.t p  1858         1877 

Freeman,  William  Rf c  1865         1868 

Freeman,  Mary  A.  D.,t  w.  of  W.  E c  1865         1868 

Freeman,  Thomas  (Rev.) c  1870 


CATALOGUE    OF    MEMBERS.  103 

M-^t  n'  Received.       Departed. 
'^'^*""-  A.D.  A.  D. 

Fi-coman,  Mrs.,  \v.  of  Tlioiuas p  1872 

Freeiiinii,  Henry  Tliomas p  1876 

Fuller,  Humphrey  R.f c  1S5G         1804 

Fuller,  IsHl)ella,t  w.  of  H.  E c  1856         1864 

G. 

Gardner,  Matilda,  wd.  of  William  B c  1853 

Gardner,  Mary  Augusta  (Mrs.  Laytonjf..  r  1859  1873 

Gardner,  William  J p  1864 

George,  Ellen  A.t c  1857  1861 

Giese,  Alfred  L.f p  1857         1868 

Giese,  Kate  M.f  w.  of  Alfred  L p  1858  1868 

Giles,  Theodoret p  1857         1858 

Giles,  Theodosia,t  w.  of  Theodore p  1857         1858 

Gill,  Mary  Harvey* c  1857         1864 

Gill,  Sarah  A.f  (Mrs.  S.  P.  Smitli) c  1864         1870 

Gill,  Sidney  P c  1 856 

Gill,  Emily c  1856 

Gillette,  Augustus  I.  (Elder)* c  1868         1877 

Gillette,  Aletta,  w.  of  Augustus  I c  1868 

Goble,  Sarah  W p  1872 

Goble,  Eleanor  C,  \v.  of  Spencer  Goble.  c  1870 

Gould,  Cliarles  J c  1867 

Gould,  Mary  A.*  w.  of  Ch.  J c  1867         1868 

Graham,  Louisa p  1877 

Graham,  Adelaide c  1879 

Granniss,  Sarah  E.,  wd.  of  John  B c  1854 

Graiuiiss,  Mary  Lueetta p  1862 

Gray,  Mrs.  Lucy  A c  1871 

Gray,  Emma  E.  (Mrs.   Inslec) c  1871 

Gregory,  Elizabeth  L.f o   1856  1858 

Grimes,  Phebc  J.,*  w.  of  James p  1867         1867 

Groome,  Mrs.  Mary  A p  1876 

Groome,  Mary  E p  1874 

Groonic,  Maria p  1878 


104  CATALOGUE    OF    MEMBERS. 

i^A-MT?  Received.        Departed. 

"■*"*■•  A.  D.  A.  D. 

Gniet,  Elizabeth,  w.  of  Dr.  John  P c  1854 

Guerin,  Nancy ,t  wd.  of  Jonas c  1855  1862 

H. 

Haiglit,  Josephine,  w.  of  Dr.  Trev.  Haiglit.  c  1874 

Hall,  Helen  A.,  w.  of  David  Hall c  1872 

Hall,  Julia p  1876 

Hallock,  J.  Andrew! c  1857         1871 

Hallock,  Caroline,!  w.  of  J.  A c  1867         1871 

Hallock,  Mary  Louisa* c  1857         1862 

Halsey,  Silas  C c  1856 

Halsey,  Frances  L.,*  w.  of  S.  C c  1856         1S66 

Halsey,  Ella  Louise,  w.  of  Silas  C c  1875 

Halsey,  Margaretf  wd.  of  Rev.  Ji>hn c  1866  1868 

Halsey,  Julia  S.f e  1866  1868 

Halsey,  Daniel  (Elder) e  1871 

Halsey,  Anna  E.,  w.  of  Daniel e  1871 

Halsey,  George  A v  1878 

Hamilton,  E.  Livingston p  1858 

Hamilton,  Maiy  C,  w.  of  E.  L p  1858 

Hamilton,  Kate p  1876 

Harbison,  Edwardf c  1877         1878 

Harbison,  Frances  J.f  w.  of  Edward c  1877  1878 

Harbison,  Jr.,  Edwardf p  1877  1878 

Harford,  Henrietta  C.*  w.  of  Capt.  Eeu..  p  1858  1870 

Harris,  Walter* c  1853  1S68 

Harris,  Serena,t  w.  of  Walter c  1853  1875 

Harris,  Lewis* p  1868         1869 

Harris,  Laura  E.f  w.  of  Lewis c  1873         1878 

Harris,  Primus  (coPd) p  1875 

Harrison,  L-a  M.  (Elder) e  1853 

Harrison,  Mary  G.,*  w.  of  L-a  M c  1853         1874 

Harrison,  Hannah  B.,  w.  of  Tra  M c  1873 

Harrison,  James  E p  1859 

Harrison,  Anna  C* p  1864         1866 


CATALOGUE    OF    MEMBERS.  105 

NAME.  ^^T'd^'        "Td!''' 

Harrison,  Mary  T.  (Mrs.  James  Higbie)t.   i-  186-i         1878 

Harrison,  Edwint c  1867         1872 

Plarrison,  Sarah  F.t  w.  of  Edwin c  1807  1872 

Harrison,  Mary  D.f  w.  of  John  D p  1861         1870 

Harrison,  Joel* c  1858  1870 

Harrison,  Phelie  J •.  .  .  .  c  1858 

Harrison,  Eliza  Eveline,  wd.  of  Horace  B.  p  1861 

Harrison,  Sarah  E.* i-  1858         1861 

Harrison,  Maria  E.f  ^v.  of  John v  1864  1870 

Hartniau,  Mrs.  Sally  A.f p  187-1:  1878 

Hastings,  Joseph c  1853 

Hastings,  Phebe,  w.  of  Joseph c  1853 

Hastings,  Louisa* p  186-1  1867 

Hawk,  Mrs.  Elizabeth  C c  1872 

Hazen,  Adeline c  1866 

Heath,  Robert c  1862 

Heath,  Sarah,  w.  of  Ptobert c  1862 

Heath,  Ann  Eliza  (Mrs.  Chace)t c  1862         1874 

Heath,  John  C p  1875 

Heatn,  Adelia  F p  1874 

Henderson,  Hannah,  w.  of  Lucius  M.  .  .  .    c  1866 

Henry,  JosephJ p  1859         1861 

Henry,  Martini}:  w.  of  Joseph c  1859  1861 

Henry,  DeliaJ p  1866 

Higginson,  Mrs.*  w.  of  Richard p  1876  1878 

Higginson,  Maggief p  1872         1879 

Higginson,  Maryt i'  1874  1879 

Hine,  Mih.t c  1864         1868 

Hinc,  Mary  C.f  w.  of  Milo o  1864         1868 

Hine,  Charles  Newtonf p  1866  1868 

Hine,  Burton  Kimberlyt p  1866         1868 

Hitchcock,  James  H.f c  1859         1866 

Hitchcock,  Julia  A.f  w.  of  James  H c  1859         1866 

Holmes,  Edward  C.f r  1872  1877 

Holmes,  Abbie v  1872 


106  CATALOGUE    OF    MEMBERS. 

■v\-\TTr  Reci'ivcd.        Departed. 

'^"^'*'*-  A.  v.  A.  D. 

Holzliauer,  Henry  I p  1879 

Honeyman,  James* c  1864         1866 

Howe,  Ann  Elizahetli,!  w.  of  Albert  G.  .  c  186-i         1867 

Howell,  George  W c  1858 

Howell,  Lizzie  W.,  w.  of  George  W. . . .  c  1858 

Howell,  George  0 p  1874 

Howell,  Wm.  A c  1866 

Howell,  Lneetta,  w.  of  Win.  A c  1866 

Howlaud,  Joseph  C p  1873 

Howland,  Lavinia,  w.  of  Josepli  C p  1871 

Hughes,  Heber p  1867 

Hughes,  Mrs.  Joanna, c  1868 

Hntman,  Mrs.  Mai-y  E c  1869 

Hyde,  Anna  M;iria,  w.  of  J.  B p  1858 

Hyde,  Anna  M p  1858 

1. 

Ilsley,  Ferdinand  If c  1857         1858 

Inslee,  William  H c  1876 

Inslee,  Jnlia  H.,  w.  of  William  H p  1864 

J. 

Jaeobns,  Mary  C*  wd.  of  Cornelius  C.  .  .  c  1866  1874 

Jacolms,  Mary  C c  1866 

Jacques,  Anna* p  1867         1867 

Jacques,  Clarissa  A p  1874 

Jackson,  Peter* p  1853  1859 

Jackson,  Hester  Brinkerhoff,  w.  of  Peter,  c  1853 

Jackson,  John  P.* c  1853  1861 

Jackson,  Elizabeth  W.,*  w.  of  John  P.  .  .  c  1853         1876 

Jackson,  Julia  H r  1853 

Jackson,  Joseph  Ct c  1853         1866 

Jackson,  Hannah  B p  1856 

Jackson,  John  P p  1858 

Jackson,  F.  Wolcott  (Elder) p  1858 


OATALAGUE    OF    MEMBERS.  107 

i^.^fi-.  Received.        Deuarttjd. 

•^'^'*"^-  A.  I).                 A.  D. 

Jackson,  Nannie  J.,  w.  of  F.  Woli^ott..  .  .  p  1858 

Jackson,  John  B p  1876 

Jackson,  Huntingdon  W.f p  1862          1869 

Jackson,  Soliu^'ler  B p  1869 

Jakenuin,  Tlioinas c  1872 

Jeffries,'  Mary  Elizal>etli* p  1858          1861 

Jenkins,  William   r  1864          1 868 

Jenkins,  Sallie,t  w.  of  William c  1864          1868 

Johnson,  John  A.* c  1853         1855 

Johns,)!),  Aaron  C*  (Elder) c  1853          1874 

Johnson,  Catharine  M.*  w.  of   Aaron  C...  c  1853          1863 

Johnson,  Eli/.a  O p  1858 

Jolinson,  Susan  S p  1858 

Johnson,  Mary p  1862 

Johnson,  Martha  H.+ (Mrs.  Douglass) p  1864          1874 

Jolinson,  Matilda c  1853 

Jolinson,  Hannah  G.,  w.  of  John  C c  1860 

Johnson,  Walter  T p  1874 

Johnson,  Theodore  F.f p  1868          1875 

Jolnison,  Anna  V.f  w.  of  Theo.  F c  1868          1875 

Johnson,  Thomas  V.f c  1870         1871 

Johnson,  Alexina,t  w.  of  Thomas  V c  1870          1871 

Joline,  Davidt c  1853         1863 

Joline,  Lucetta,t  w.  of  David o  1853          1863 

Joralemon,  Sai'ahf  w.   of  Abram p  1866          1870 

K. 

Kane,  Eliza*  wd.  of  William c  1858          1 870 

Kelly,  Stuart  H.f r  1869          1871 

Kelly,  Martha  C.f  w.  of  Stuart  H c  1869          1871 

Kent,  Isaac c  1853 

Kent,  Mary  W.,  w.  of  Isaac c  1853 

Kent,  Carrie i-   1871 

King,  Aaron  M c   1861 

King,  Eiiiilv  G.,  w.  of  Aaron  M <;  1861 


108  CATALOGUE    OF    MEMBJiRS. 

vTAAiv-  Received.       Departed. 
•  A.D.  A.D. 

King,  Marietta* p  1866         1871 

King,  Ann  (Mrs.  Jolni  Soden) p  1853 

King,  Clinton  W p  1864 

King,  Mary  A.,  w.  of  Clinton  W p  1864 

Kitcliell,  C.  Matilda*  (Mrs.  Faircliild). .  .  p  1859 

Kitchell,  Margaret  M.*  w.  of c  1873         1878 

Klapp,  William  H.f c  1867  1868 

L. 

Langstrotli,  Francis  W.j c  1874  1877 

Langstrotli,  Charlottet  w.  of  Francis  W . .  c  1874  1877 

Leet,  Allen  N.f c  1866         187-2 

Leet,  Isabella  S.f  w.  of  Allen  N c  1866  1872 

Lemassena,  Andrew c  1S54 

Lemassena,  Margaret  H.*  w.  of  Andrew,  p  1854         1870 

Lemassena,  Janet h  1855  1865 

Lemassena,  Jr.,  Andrew p  1858 

Lemassena,  Fhebe  L.,  w.  of  Andrew p  1871 

Lemassena,  Theodoref p  1871  1873 

Lemassena,  Lillianf  w.  of  Theodore c  1871  1873 

Lennox,  Peter  E p  1867 

Lennox,  Mary  w.  of  Peter  E p  1867 

Lennox,  Emma* p  1874  1875 

Lennox,  Lizzie p  1872 

Lentz,  Huldah,  w.  of  Carl c  1877 

Lewis,  Mrs.  Cath.  (Mrs.  T.  H.  Redway)t.  p  1854 

Lindsley,  Catharine*  wd.  of  Lewis  L c  1865  1878 

Liiidsley,  James c  1 867 

Linnett,  Thomas c  1854 

Linton,  Frances,  w.  of  John c  1865 

Littell,  Jnlia  Clark,t  w.  of c  1870  1875 

Lockhart,  George  B.f •  ■  ■ .  c  1853  1857 

Lockhart,  Mariaf  w.  of  George  B c  1853  1857 

Looker,  Alexander  T p  1858 

Looker,  Maria  S.*  w.  of  David  B c  1854         1867 


CATALOGUE    OF    MEMBERS.  109 

v\MP  Received,       Departed. 

•^'^""'-  A.  D.              A.  D. 

Lum,  i\inos o  1853 

Lurn,  Amanda*  w.  of  Aiuos c  1853         1869 

Luni,  Elizabeth c  1853 

Lum,  L.  Eveline  (Mr!*.  Morris)! p  1858         1858 

Lum,  Lavinia  P. p  1858 

Lum,  Martin  Luther p  1858  ' 

Lum,  Ada  (Mr^.  J.  B.  Sqnier)t p  1861          1867 

Lnm,  Mary  C p  1858 

Lum,  Isahelt p  1864         1868 

Lyon,  Rosaline,  w.  of  David  B c  1855 

Lyon,  Sarali  G.  (Mrs   Gordon)! p  1864         1875 

M. 

Magie,  Setli  W.  (Elder)* c  1853          1867 

Magie,  Harriet,  w.  of  Setli  W c  1853 

Magie,  Elizabeth  H c  1865 

Maire,  Alexander c  1877 

Maleolm,  John c  1878 

Mandeville,  Susan  C,  \vd.  of  Henry  S. . .  c  1869 

Mandeville,  Virginia  C c  1869 

Mann,  Ciiarles  G o  1867 

Maun,  Jane  Grant,  w.  .)f  Charles  G c  1867 

Mann,  Matthew  ((u-dained  minister) o   1865 

Markwell,  Frances,  \v.  of p  1876 

Marsli,  Lewis c  1 853 

Marsh,  Ann  Reliecca*  w.  of  Lewis c  1853          1874 

Marsh,  Elizabeth  H p  1856 

Martin,  Mary  M.*  w.  ..f  Enos  P p  1862          1865 

Matthews,  Charles  E o   1878 

Matthews,  Susan,  w.  of  Charles  E o  1878 

Muttoon,  Charles a   1853 

Mattoon,  Pliebe,  w.  of  Ciiarles c   1853 

Mattox,  Matilda  M.»  w.  of  Absolom o  1858          1858 

McBirncy,  Jamesf c  1854          1857 

McDermit,  Peter  G o  1853 


110  CATALOGUE    OF    MEMBERS. 

vA^rf  Received.        Departed. 

'^•^*'*'-  A.  D.  A.  D. 

McKeelmey,  Annf  w.  of  Tlioinas c  1856  1863 

McKeclmey,  Isabelkj i'  1862  1863 

MeKirgan,  Margaret,  w.  of  Henry  P.  .  .  .  c  1869 

MfiLaurie,  Harriet  L.f  wd.  of  Thomas.  .  .  c  1860  1865 

Mead,  Joel c  1855 

Mead,  Mary  Ann,  w.  of  Joel o  1855 

Mead,  .Joseph  Wood p  1858 

Mead,  Mary  Emma p  1858 

Mead,  Caroline p  J  858 

Meade,  Jacob  K c  1870 

Meade,  Harriet  W.  w.  of  Jacob  C p  1858 

Meeker,  Mary  (Mrs.  Miller)! p  1858  1865 

Meeker,  Fannie  O.  (Mrs.  J.  E.  Harrison),  p   1864 

Meeker,  Sarah  w.  of  John  C c  1870 

Meeker,  Harrie  O v  1878 

Meeker,  William  S c  1878 

Menagh,  Elizabethf  w.  of  Jacob c  1855  1862 

Meridith,  Joseph !■ 

Miller,  Emma  V v. 

Mills,  Joanna c 

Minster,  Joseph  H p 

Mitchell,  Agnes  P.t  wd.  of  AVilliam.  ...  c 

Moore,  E.  Pearsonj p 

Morehead,  Bessief i-  1873 

Morehouse,  William c  1856 

Morehouse,  Marj'  Emily,  w.  of  William,  c  1856 

Moreliouse,  Laviuia •  •  •  • r   1863 

Morehouse,  Cari'ie  E p  1873 

Morehouse,  David  Bf c  1856         1860 

Moreliouse,  Sarah  Anuf  w.  of  David  B.  .  p  1857  1860 

Morrow,  Ella i'  1873 

Morrow,  Elias c  1873 

Morrow,  A.  Lewisf i'  1877         1878 

Munn,  Mary   A.f  w.  of c  1872  1873 

Munn,  Carrie  E.,  w.  of  Edward  P c  1878 


1868 

1872 

1877 

1874 

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1864 

1866 

1873 

1875 

CATALAGUE    OF    MEMBEKS.  Ill 

•vr.-.,p  Received.        Departed. 
"-^*'^-  A.  D.  A.  D. 

Murdcii,  John  S c  1873 

Mnrdock,  Samuel  (ordained  minister) ...  .  c  1860 

Muzzey,  Joamia,  wd.  of  Jolin  V c  1853 

N. 

Northrup,  Joanna*  wd.  of  Elijali.  .  . c  1864  1871 

Northriip,  Jane  E c  186-1 

Norton.  Mary  Louisa p  1871 

Noyes,  Amelia  C c  1864 

Nye,  Nancy  F.,  w.  of  Capt.  Ezra  Nye ...  i>  1858 

Nye,  Nannie  J.  (Mrs.  F.  W.  Jackson). . .  p  1858 

O. 

Ogden,  John  J.f c  1859         1863 

Ogden,  Louisa  Virginiaf  w.  of  Jolin  J.  .  .  c  1859         1863 

Olds,  Franklin  M c  1874 

Oliver,  Mary  Frances  (Mrs.  Baldwin)!.  .  .  p  1873         1877 

Osborne,  Mary  B.f c  1853         1854 

Ostrander,  Philip  H.t e  1859 

Ostrander,  Enunelinet  w.  of  Philip  H.  .  .  c  1859  1861 

Ostrander,  Mrs.  Mariaf c  1859  1861 

Ostrander,  Maryf c  1859         1861 

P. 

Page,  Neliaf  w.  of  Frank c  1872         1876 

Parker,  Hannah  Neafie,  wd.  of  Tiiomas.  .  c  1875 

Parkhurst,  Archibald  (Elder) c  1856 

Parkhurst,  Phebe  O.*  w.  of  Arcliibald...  c  1856         1878 

Parkhurst,  William  B.*. p  1864         1873 

Parkhurst,  Jacol)  D.  V p  1867 

Parkluu-st,  David  P p  1870 

Parkhurst,  Lizzie p  1873 

Parkhurst,  Henry  N p  1861 

Parkhurst,  Antoinette,  w.  of  Henry  N.  ..  c  1854 

Parkliurst,  Almira i'  1859 

Paul,  Mary,  w.  of  William p  1855 


112  CATALOGUE    OF    MEMBBK8. 

NAME  Received.        Departed. 

A.  D.  A.  D. 

Pennington,  Julia  A p  1854 

Perry,  Neliemiah o  1857 

Perry,  Eveline  N.,  w.  of  Neliemiah c  1857 

Perry,  Clara  E.  (Mrs.  J.  Walton) '. ..  c  1857 

Perry,  Jr.,  Neliemiah* p  1858         1875 

Perry,  Emily,  wd.  of  Nehemiah  Jr p  1868 

Perry,  William  A p  1875 

Perry,  Mary  H.,  w.  of  William  A c  1875 

Perry,  Sarah  Ann,t  w.  of  William  H p  1857     ,    1873 

Perry,  Sarali  Francesf p  1859  1873 

Perry,  Samuel  Lawrence p  1860 

Peters,  Emma  (Mrs.  Rev.  Prentiss  de  Veuve)t.  p  1859  1875 

Peters,  Horatio  Nelson* p  1865         1865 

Phyfe,  William* c  1870         1875 

Phyf e,  Anna,  w.  of  William c  1870 

Pliyfe,  Anna* c  1870         1876 

Phyfe,  Maryt c  1870 

Phyfe,  Isabellat c  1870 

Piiyfe,  Lillaht c  1870 

Pierson,  Ralph  H.  (Elder)* c  1853         1871 

Pierson,  Sarah  A.,*  w.  of  Ralph  H c  1853  1864 

Pierson,  Julia  (Mrs.  David  M.  Meeker)?,   p  1855         1865 
Pierson,  Elizabetli  D.f  wd.  of  Ralph  H  ..  c  1865         1874 

Pierson,  William c  1853 

Pierson,  Hannali  M.*  w.  of  William c  1853  1857 

Pierson,  Mary  E.,  w.  of  William c  1859 

Pierson.  Josepli  B.f p  1864         1879 

Pierson,  Simeon* p  1862         1867 

Pierson,  Jonathan* c  1860         1864 

Pierson,  Mary*  w.  of  Matthias c  1853         1857 

Pierson,  Edward  M c  1869 

Pierson,  Helen  E.,  w.  of  Edward  M c  1869 

Pierson,  Mary  A p  1874 

Pierson,  Williamf p  1870         1873 

Pierson,  William c  1874 


CATALOGUE    OF    MEMBERS.  113 

NAME.  HeMiTOl.       Dq.arted. 

Pierson,  Mary  E.,  w.  of  William c  1S7-4 

Pierson,  Wiliiam  H.  O c  1874 

Platner,  William c  1866 

Platner,  Emily  C,  w.  of  William c  1866 

Platner,  Addie  (Mrs.  M.  L.  Lum)* c  1866         1872 

Platner,  Mary  F c  1866 

Platner,  Samuel p  1875 

Platner,  Wintlirop p  1875 

Plume,  Joseph  W.f c  1873         1878 

Plume,  Susan  A.*  w.  of  Joseph  W c  1873         1876 

Porter,  Monroe c  1869 

Porter,  Caroline  W.,  w.  of  Monroe c  1869 

Price,  Laura  (Mrs.  Pancoast) p  1864 

Prince,  Maurice  C.  De  Eruynf c  1856 

Q. 

Quackenbush,  John  J.f p  1864    1877 

Quackenbush,  E.f  w.  of  John  J p  1864    1877 

Quackenbush,  Helenaf p  1864    1876 

K. 

Kandolph  Carman  A._* p  1861         1863 

Randolph,  Emilyt  w.  of  Carman  A p  1861         1864 

Randolph,  Isa'la  Mercein  (Mrs.  Ruiiyon)t  c  1861  1864 

Randolph,  Imogene  M.f p  1863         1864 

Randolph,  Julia, p  1863         1864 

Reeve,  Ezra c  1853 

Reeve,  Nancy  M.,  w.  of  Ezra c  1853 

Reeve,  Elizabeth  (Mrs.  Williams) p  1862 

Reeve,  Anna* p  1868         1878 

Reeve,  Edward  P.* p  1864         1873 

Reeve,  James p  1870 

Remsen,  Catharine,  wd.  of  Rev.  Aaron  J.  c  1870 

Renaud,  Ann  J.*  wd.  of  Charles o  1857  1858 

Ribbans,  Robert  C c  1859 


11-i  CATALOOPE    OF    MEMBERS. 

xTA-vfc  Received.       Departed. 
^^'"^-  A.  D.  A.  D. 

Eibbans,  Chariest p  1864         1866 

Kidge,  Amelia,  w.  of  John p  1877 

Kidgway,  Charles  D.f c  1874         1877 

Ridgway,  Jnlia,t  w.  of  Cliarles  D c  1874         1877 

Riker,  Edwhit c  1863         1865 

Riker,  Matildaf  w.  of  Edwin c  1863         1865 

Riker,  Amanda  (Mrs.  Clark)t c  1858  1866 

Riker,  Charles  M c  1867 

Rituer,  Joseph  M.t p  1869         1872 

Ritner,  Annie  R.f c  1869         1872 

Rosinger,  August  M.f p  1874         1878 

Ross,  Cordelia  O c  1S68 

Runyon,  Alexander  L.f c  1866         1867 

Riinyon,  Lydia  A.t  w.  of  Ale.x.  L c  1866         1867 

Runyon,  Nora  C.  (Mrs.  Wheeler)! c  1866         1867 

Runyon,  Mary  F.f c  1866         1867 

Rushton,  Mary  (Mrs.  Zimmerman) p  1868 

Russell,  Ros'na  Mariaf  w.  of  Wm.  George  p  1858  1874 

Russell,  William  G.* c  1867         1871 

Russell,  Gracet  wd.  of  William  G c  1867         1874 

Russell,  Jr.,  Williamf c  1867         1872 

Russell,  Nelliet c  1867         1874 

Ryerson,  Mary  A.f  wd.of  Major  Peter  R.  c  1862         1870 

Ryerson,  Margaret  S.  (Mrs.  C.E.Williams)  c  1861 

Ryerson,  Eliza  K p  1864 

Ryerson,  Robert  C c  1870 

S. 

Sabine,  Clara p  1871 

Sandford,  Sarah*  wd.  of  Gamaliel p  1864         1876 

Sayre,  Ezra  M.t c  1853  1856 

Sayre,  Sarah  M,t  w.  of  Ezra  M c  1853         1856 

Schoner,  George  D p  1854 

Schoner,  Ann  E.  (Mrs.  James  Morrow). .  p  1858 

Schoner,  Henrietta p  1872 


CATALOGUE    OF    MEMBERS.  115 

NAME.  ^T'd.**"  "a^d!*^- 

Schmidt,  Margaret  W.J c  1856 

Scott,  Susan  E.,  w.  of  D.  O c  1855 

Scott,  Mary  L p  1871 

Scott,  Etta  (Mrs.  Geo.  Miller)* p  1873         1879 

Scott,  Maggie p  1876 

Scranton,  James p  1874 

Scraiiton,  Kate  L.,  w.  of  James c  1874 

Scudder,  Philip  C c  1872 

Scuddcr,  Jane  M.,  w.  of  Philip  C c  1872 

Shreve,  Mrs.f c  1875         187G 

Simpson,  David  H p  1858 

Slate,  Lizzie p  1871 

Smallej,  J.  Calvin c  1878 

Smalley,  Sarah  A.  R.,  w.  of  J.  Calvin.  ..  c  1878 

Smalley,  Leonora  B c  1874 

Smith,  Samuel  P.  (Elder)t c  1858         1868 

Smith,  Sarah  W.*  w.  of  Samuel  P c  1853  1861 

Smith,  Amy  (Mrs.  Rev.  James  Wilson)!,  c  1853         1863 

Smith,  Dr.  James  Pascal* c  1853         1872 

Smith,  Laura  B.f p  1853         1870 

Smith,  Abigailt  w.  of  N.  Ferd'd  Smith.  .  p  1868         1873 

Smith,  Kate  H.  (Mrs.  Rob.  C.  Ryerson)..  p  1864 

Smith,  Philo  W c  1853 

Smith,  Sarah  Catharine,  w.  of  Philo  W..  p  1860 

Smith,  Jr.,  Philo  W p  1878 

Smith,  Charles  Bf p  I860         1869 

Smith,  Anna  E.f  w.  of  Charles  B c  1862         1869 

Smith,  Sally  W.f  wd.  of  John p  1861         1869 

Smith,  Jeannief p  1864         1869 

Smith,  Juhettet p  1864         1869 

Smith,  John  W.f p  1864         1869 

Smith.  Anna  Maria,  w.  of  Richard c  1866 

Smith,  Carrie  (Mrs.  Maynard  Smith).  .  ..  p  1866 

Smith,  Ophelia  (Mrs.  Rigby)t p  1869 

Smith,  Mrs.  Mary, p  1868 


116  CATALOGDE    OF    MEMBERS. 

NAME.  Received.       Departed. 

Siuitli,  Joseph p  1873 

Smith,  Peter  I.f c  1872         1876 

Smith,  Mrs.  Peter  I.f p  1872         1876 

Smith,  William  Henry p  1876 

Soden,  John , c  1870 

Soloman,  Henry* c  1864         1859 

Soloman,  Elizabeth*  w.  of  Henry c  1854         1864 

Soloman,  Ella  Cordeliat p  1864 

Somerset,  Johnf c  1868          1869 

Somerset,  Elizaf  w.  of  John c  1868         1869 

Squier,  J.  Bentleyf p  1867         1867 

Staats,  Evart  B.f c  1861         1864 

Staats,  Margaret  E.fw.  of  Evart  B c  1861         1864 

Starke,  Lena  (Mrs.  Klohs){ p  1875         1877 

Stevens,  Maria  D.f c  1859         1864 

Stevenson,  Catharine,  w.  of  Willet c  1865 

Stewart,  Catharine,  w.  of  Lawrence  H.  . .  c  1866 

Stewart,  Ida  (Mrs.  Isaiah  Ball)   ........  c  1866 

Stewart,  Walterf p  1866         1872 

Stewart,  Annief  w.  of  Walter p  1866         1872 

Straghan,  Mrs.  Annf p  1873         1878 

Straghan,  Thomasf p  1874         1878 

Straghan,  Lizzie  A p  1874 

Straghan,  Jamesf p  1875          1878 

Strawn,  Cynthia  (Mrs. ) p  1858         1859 

Streit,  Martha,  w.  of  Samuel c  1870 

Strait,  Deliat  w.  of  John c  1863         1866 

Streit,  Mary  Elizabeth,  w.  of  Lewis p  1866 

Stultz,  Emma  B p  1874 

Sutphen,  Dr.  K.  M c  1867 

Sutphen,  Virginia,  w.  of  E.  M c  1867, 

Sutphen,  Dr.  Theron  Y p  1867 

Sutphen,  Sadie  L.  V.,w.of  Dr.  Theron  Y.  c  1878 

Sutphen,  Ella  V p  1867 

Swain,  Jane  L.,  wd.  of  Mahlon  F c  1864 


CATALOGUE  OF  MEMBERS.  117 

-vT  A  -xr^  Received.  Departed 

^^M^-  A.D.  A.D. 

Swiiin,  Anna  M.  (Mrs.  Asa  Whiteliead) . .  o  1864: 

Swaiu,  Mary  J.,  w.  of  George  B c  1867 

Svveasey,  Rachel  M.,  w.  of  John  H.  .  .  .'.  p  1866 

Syron,  Catharine  A.f  w.  of  Nathaniel.  .  .  c  1866  1874 

T. 

Taylor,  William p  185.S 

Taylor,  George  H.f p  1858  1865 

Taylor,  Josephine  D.f  w.  of  George  H.  .  p  1858  1865 

Taylor,  Asa  W.f c  1866  1870 

Taylor,  J.  F.f  w.  of  Asa  W c  1866  1870 

Teese,  Conrad  M p  1858 

Terry,  Samuel  H.t p  1862  1867 

Thatcher,  John* c  1853  1867 

Tliatcher,  Elizabeth*  wd.  of  John o  1853  1874 

Tliatcher,  Harriet  (Mrs.  J.  S.  Sutphen)*.  p  1864  187'2 

Tliatcher,  Fanny  (Mrs.  Minshausen)*.  .  ..  p  1864  1877 

Thatcher,  Henriettaf  w.  of  James  W c  1864  1869 

Thomas,  Eniilyt p  1853  1860 

Thomas,  Benjamin} p  1859  1860 

Thomas,  Dr.  Lntlier  G.*. p  1859  1864 

Tliomas,  Jennie  R.,  w.  of  Lemnel c  1 869 

Thomas,  Susan  C*  wd.  of  Noah  D c  1856  1876 

Thompson,  James  M.f c  1859  1864 

Thompson,  Sarah  A.f  w.  of  James  M.  . .  p  1859  1864 

Thompson,  Harriet*  wd.  of  Jonathan. ...  o  1859  1865 

Tliompson,  Martha  A.f  wd.  of  Samuel..  .  p  1858  1876 

Thompson,  Mary  Elizabethf c  1858  1864 

Thompson,  William  A p  1874 

Thompson,  Susan  E.,  w.  of  William  A.  .  o  1867 

Thompson,  George  B c  1869 

Thompson,  Harriet,  w.  of  George  B c  1869 

Tichenor,  Eunice*  wd.  of  Nehomiali....  p  1858  1863 

Tichenor,  Elizabethf c  1854  1867 

Ticknor,  Eveline p   1875 


118  CATALOGUE  OF  MEMBERS. 

NAME.  ^a.'^d!'^-       ^T'd.^' 

Tillinghast,  Julia  A.f  w.  of  Philip c  1855         1871 

Tillingliast,  Mary  E.f p  1858         1871 

Titus,'  CaroUue  M.f c  1868         1874 

Tobey,  Robert  G.f c  1869         1872 

Tobey,  Olive  E.f  w.  of  Robert  G c  1869         1872 

Torrey,  Francis  N.  (Elder) p  1859 

Torrey,  Julia  M.,  w.  of  Francis  N- p  1859 

Traver,  Sarahf  w.  of  Anson c  1855         1863 

Traver,  Abby  H.  (Mrs.  Berry)t c  1855         1863 

Traver,  Anna  J.  (Mrs.  Briscoe)t c  1855         1858 

Trawin,  Hannah,  w.  of  Joshua p  1860 

Trotter,  Laura  W.  (Mrs.  Parker) c  1853 

Tucker,  Joseph  S.* c  1853         1876 

Tucker,  Elizabeth  W.,  w.  of  Joseph  S.  .  .    c  1853 

Tucker,  Lizzie  P.-f p  1864         1876 

Tucker,  Martha,  wd.  of  George c  1867 

Tucker,  Mary  Elizabeth  (Mrs.  Riker) v  1867 

Tunis,  EUzabeth*  wd.  of  Nehemiah o  1853         1868 

Tunis,  Elizabeth <■  1853 

Tuttle,  Anicliat  w.  of  Rev.  S.  Lawrence,    o  1853  1854 

Tuttle,  Emma  J.  (Mrs.  E.  T.  Andruss).  .    r  1868 

Tuttle,  John  H c  1872 

Tuttle,  P.  D.,  w.  of  John  H c  1872 

U. 

Underwood,  Alexander c  1866 

Underwood,  Julia  B.,  w.  of  Alexander..  .  c  1866 

Underwood,  Mary p  1872 

Underwood,  Eddy  A p  1872 

V. 

Vail,  Harriett  wd.  of  S.  M c  1868         1875 

Van  Winkle,  Maria+w^d.  of  Henry  E....  c  1855         1859 

Van  Winkle,  Isabella  (Mrs.  Wynkoop)t.  p  1858         1859 

Vinson,  Hannah  M.,  w.  of  John  A v  1S66 


CATALAGUE    OF    MEMliEKS.  119 

NAME.  "T'li'"'        "'a'"i)?'' 

Yiusou,  Joseph  S j'  ISTi 

Vinson,  Ida  Angusta i-  1874 

Yinson,  Jolin  Hermon p  1874 

Vinson,  Frank  H i-  1878 

Virtue,  Susan*  w.  of  Thomas i>  1865         1871 

Voorhees,  Eliza  B.f  w.  of  William  D.  .  .  v.  1858         1865 

W. 

"Wagoner,  William  G     ]>  1874 

Walker,  Elizabeth*  wd.  of  Jonatlian c  1853          1872 

Walker,  Elizabeth  N.  (Mrs.  J.  Noe)t.  .  .  r  1854          1863 

Walker,  Ann  B.,  wd.  of  Thomas i-  1859 

Ward,  Rebecca  wd.  of  Israel  J c  1857 

Ward,  Harriet,  w.  of  George c  1858 

Ward,  Fanny  H.,  w.  of  Dr.  George i-  1858 

Ward,  Clara  (Mrs.  Fred.  Smillie) i-  1872 

Ward,  Anna p  1877 

Ward,  Ilamiali*  wd.  of  Isaac  J c  1858          1871 

Ward,  Elizabetli*  wd.  of  Eev.  Israel c  1862         1868 

Warren,  Dr.  Jamesf o  1867         1868 

Warren,  Mary  JST.  B.f  w.  of  Dr.  James.  .  c  1867          1868 

Warren,  M.  L.,t  w.  of  George c  1858         1861 

Warrender,  Samuel  K c  1874 

Weaver,  Louisa p  1874 

Weeks,  William  E.f c  1871         1873 

Weeks,  Irene  L.f  w.  of  William  R j-  1871         1873 

Weeks,  Anna,  w.  of  Hem-y  M p  1874 

West,  Ann  M.f  wd.  of  Tliomas c  1864 

Wheeler,  Stephen  H.f c  1861         1863 

Wheeler,  Mary  D.f  w.  of  Stephen  II c  1861         1863 

AVheeler,  Georgia  (Mrs.  John  II.  Smith)t  c  1861          1863 

Whitehead,  Asa* p  1857         1860 

Whitehead,  Mary  Ann*  w.  of  Asa r  1853         1865 

Whitehead.  Mary  E.,  w.  of  Dr.  Ira c  1866 

AVhitehead,  George  D p  1871 


120  CATALOGUE    OF    MEMBERS. 

T^AAip  Received.        Departed, 

•  A.  D.  A.  D. 

Wliiteliead,  Henry  Pennington p  1875 

Whitehead,  Mary  H.f  wd.  of  Augustus  B  p  1864         1868 

"Whitehead,  John c  1855 

"Wliiteliead,  Catharine,  w.  of  John p  1857 

Wilbur,- Rodney* p  1857         1871 

Wilbur,  Charlotte  D*  w.  of  Rodney  ....  c  1854         1857 

Wilbur,  Caroline p  1859 

Wilbur,  Charlotte  D p  1873 

Wilcox,  Susan  (Mrs.  Smith)+ p  1854         1854 

Willcox,  Mrs.  Eliza, c  1872 

Wilcox,  Violaf c  1874         1877 

Wilde,  Katef p  1871         1874 

Wilhehn,  Samuel  L p  1869 

Willieliii,  Emma,  w.  of  Samuel  L p  1869 

Willet,  Emma  L.f c  1873         1875 

Williams,  Charles  E p  1872 

Wilson,  Anna  Read,  w.  of  Rev.  James  P  c  1854 

Wilson,  Mary  E.  P.  (Mrs.  M.  D.  Wilbur)  c  1854 

Wilson,  Anna  Gill* c  1855         1855 

Wilson,  Margaret  P.  (Mrs.  CM. Bayard)  c  1856 

Wilson,  Elizabethf  w.  of  John c  1859         1874 

Wilson,  Emilyt  w.  of  John  H p  1866         1868 

Wilson,  Phebe*  wd.  of  Thomas c  1860         1870 

Wilson,  Helen c  1877 

Winans,  James  H.+ c  1858  1873 

Winans,  Jane  E.+  w.  of  James  H c  1858         1873 

Winans,  Susan  E.-f  w.  of  C.  Edwin c  1864         1868 

Wooden,   Chariest p  1875  1876 

Woodhull,  Dr.  Addison  W.  (Elder)*.  .    .  p  1858         1876 

Woodhull,  Emma  T.  Ellis,  w.  of  A.  W.  .  c  1859 

Woodhull,  Addison  W p  1876 

Woodhull,  Hannahf c  1871         1873 

Woodhull,  John r  1872 

Woodhull,  Maggie  S.,  w.  of  John o  1873 

Woodland,  Catharine,  wd.  of  Robert  D. .  c  1864 


CATALOGUE    OF    MEMBEKS.  121 

NAME.  "a?d!'^'       ^Tf.^' 

Woodruff,  Obadiahf p  1859         1864 

Woodruff,  Abby  Louisa  (Mrs.  Diiy)t....    c  1854         1863 

Woodruff,  Faimyt  wd.  of  David  P r  1867         1868 

Woodruff,  Kate  B.f c  1867         1868 

Woodruff,  Wilsou  Hf c  1867         1871 

Woodruff,  Henry  M r  1873 

Woodruff,  Calel)  L c  1874 

Wooley,  Harriet  (Mrs.  Beach)* c  1857         1861 

Worue,  Caroline,  w.  of  Edward  W r  1858 

Worne,  Mary  Frances  (Mrs. Van  Houten)t  p  1858         1868 

Wright,  Vincent  M c  1870 

Wright,  Kate,  w.  of  Vincent  M o  1870 

Y. 

Young,  John* c  1856         1872 

Young,  Catharine*  vr.  of  John c  1856         1876 

Young,  Dr.  Cliaries p  1864 

Young,  Anne  C,  w.  of  Dr.  Charles c  1877 

Young,  Francesf  wd.  of  Moses c  1857         1860. 

Young,  Stephen  B.f c  1857         1868 

Young,  Mary  P.f  w.  of  Stephen  B c  1867         1868 

Young,  Joseph  C c  1865 

Young,  Harriet,  v.'.  of  Joseph  C c  1865 

Young,  Jr.,  Dr.  Joseph  C p  1867 

Young,  Mrs.  Margaret, p  1872 

Z. 

Zabeler,  Harriet  W.f  wd.  of  Wolfgang.  .  c  1856         1872 

Zabeler,  Mary  Sophia p  1878 

Zimmerman,  Chariotte* p  1869         1872 


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SUPPLEMENT. 


Between  the  date  o£  the  Anniversary  (Oct.  2Tth,  1S78,)  and  that  of  the  publication  of 
tllis  work  (.June,  1879,)— 

1.  The  balance  of  debt  upon  the  church  building  has  been  entirely  removed  by  the 
congl'egation. 

2.  To  the  Board  of  Trustees  (page  91)  the  name  of  James  E.  Harriaou  has  beeu 
added. 


ERRATA 


Page  44 — Jth  line— insert  "By  Charlotte  D.  Wilbur." 
"      58 — IStli  line— for  "  available  "  read  "  practical." 
"      67 — 2d  line — for  "  test "  read  "  list." 
"      75— tthllne  from  the  bottom  of  the  page— read  "been  paid  in  up  to  Oct.  2l8t, 

1878,"  and  omit  the  remainder  of  the  paragraph. 
"     76— last  line— for  "  Rodney  N.  Wilbur  "  read  "  Rodney  Wilbur." 
"      9S— 10th  line— for  "wd."  read  "w." 
"      "  —30th  line— for  "  wd."  read  "  w." 
"      "  — 31st  line— read  "  Mrs.  Lam'a  W.  Trotter." 

"  98— 1th  line— for  "  V."  read  "  U." 
"      "  —21st  line— add  date  of  death,  "  1868." 
"      "  —24th  line— for  "  D."  read  "  B." 
"      "  —25th  line— erase  "  1858." 
"      99— 11th  line — ^f or  "  wd."  read  "  w." 

"  106— Ist  line— omit  "  I." 

"  107— 7th  line— read  "  t " 


INDEX. 


Page. 

lutroductiou 3 

Programme  of  Twenty-fifth  Anniversary T 

Sunday  Morning  Services,  Oct.  27th,  1S78 10 

Sunday  Aftemoou  Sei*vices liJ 

Commemorative  Hymn 15 

Dr.  Wilson's  Sermon 17 

Twenty-fifth  Annual  Report  ot  the  Sunday  School  Work  of  the  Church 31 

Address  from  the  Mission  School  to  the  Pastor - 42 

Poetical  Offering  to  the  Pastor  from  the  Church  Sunday  School 44 

Sunday  Evening  Services  Commemorative  of  the  Installation  of  the  Pastor 45 

Address  of  Dr.  J.  F.  Steams 46 

Address  of  Dr.  J  Few-Smith 49 

Address  of  Dr.  Brinsmade 50 

Address  of  Dr.  Wm.  Aikman 51 

The  Histoiical  Exercises,  Oct.  2Sth,  1S7S 5T 

Address  of  Mr.  John  P.  Jackson 58 

"  Silver  Wedding  Sociahle,"  Oct.  29th,  1878 81 

Sunday  School  Sociahle,  Oct.  30th,  1S78 82 

Church  Manual — Form  of  Admission , S3 

Questions  for  Self -Examination 85 

Church  Apjiointments 86 

Pastor's  Notices 87 

Plan  of  Beneficence 87 

Church  Organization 8S 

Constitution  of  the  Missionary  Union 89 

Present  Officers  of  the  Church  and  Congregation 91 

List  of  Members  of  the  Church  at  its  Organization 92 

Catalogue  of  All  who  are  or  have  been  Members  of  the  Church  to  the  date  of 
Anniversary,  with  Date  and  Mode   of  Admission,  and  Date  of  Deaths  and 

Dismissals 94 

Statistical  Table  of  Contributions  of  the  Church  during  the  first  Twenty-five  Years 

of  its  Ilistoiy 122 

Supplement 123 

Errata 123 


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